Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
February 20, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 20, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter IACDHNP
Spelling Bee for February 20, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter A: November 27, 2023
Center letter C: January 4, 2021
Center letter N: May 25, 2020
Center letter C: March 7, 2019

words: 144
score: 903 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 1
bingo: yes

A x 29
C x 35
D x 17
H x 10
I x 14
N x 12
P x 27

5L x 51
6L x 42
7L x 33
8L x 12
9L x 5
10L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 7 9 8 5 - - 29
C 11 11 8 3 1 1 35
D 4 4 4 3 2 - 17
H 3 4 1 1 1 - 10
I 9 1 4 - - - 14
N 4 5 2 - 1 - 12
P 13 8 6 - - - 27
tot 51 42 33 12 5 1 144

cmp 5 tot
N 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 2
previously disallowed debuts 1

DIAPHANIC, HANDICAP

word       length      
ACACIA 6
ACACIIN 7
ACACIN 6
ACAPNIA 7
ACAPNIC 7
ACCIDIA 7
ACIDIC 6
ACINACI 7
ACINI 5
ACINIC 6
ADAPID 6
ADIPIC 6
AHAAINA 7
AHIND 5
AIDID 5
ANACIDIC 8
ANAPHIA 7
ANAPID 6
ANDIC 5
ANICCA 6
APHANIID 8
APHID 5 debut
APHIDIAN 8
APHIDID 7
APHIDIID 8
APIAN 5
APICIDIN 8
APIIN 5
APINCH 6
CAAPI 5
CADDID 6
CAHINCA 7
CANACID 7
CANDICIDIN 10
CANDID 6
CANDIDA 7
CANDIDID 8
CANID 5
CANINI 6
CAPNIID 7
CHACID 6
CHADDI 6
CHAIN 5
CHANDID 7
CHANID 6
CHANNID 7
CHICA 5
CHICH 5
CHICHA 6
CHICHI 6
CHINA 5
CHINCAPIN 9
CHINCH 6
CHINDI 6
CHIPA 5
CICAD 5
CICADA 6
CICADID 7
CICINNI 7
CINCH 5
CINCINNI 8
CIPPI 5
CNIDA 5
CNIDICIN 8
DAINCHA 7
DANAID 6
DANDI 5
DAPHNIA 7
DAPHNID 7
DAPHNIID 8
DAPHNIN 7
DHAINCHA 8
DHANIA 6
DIACID 6
DIACIDIC 8
DIADIC 6
DIAPHANIC 9 pangram
DIAPHANID 9
DIDNA 5
DINIC 5
DINNA 5
HADACIDIN 9
HAHNIID 7
HAINCH 6
HANAI 5
HANDI 5
HANDICAP 8 pangram
HAPPI 5
HIPPIC 6
HIPPID 6
HIPPIN 6
IDDAH 5
INACHID 7
INCAP 5
INCHI 5
INDAN 5
INDIA 5
INDIACA 7
INDICA 6 allowed elsewhere
INDICAN 7
INDICIA 7 debut, previously disallowed
INDIN 5
INIAC 5
INIAD 5
INIID 5
NACHANI 7
NAIAD 5
NAIDID 6
NANDID 6
NANDINA 7
NANDINIID 9
NIACIN 6
NICAD * 5
NIDDA 5
NIDDAH 6
NINDAN 6
NIPAH 5
PANDANI 7
PANIC 5
PANIN 5
PANINI 6
PANNI 5
PAPAIA 6
PAPAIN 6
PAPDI 5
PAPHIAN 7
PAPPI 5
PIANICA 7
PIAPIAC 7
PICANHA 7
PICHI 5
PICID 5
PICNIC 6
PINCH 5
PINDA 5
PINDAN 6
PINID 5
PININ 5
PINNA 5
PINNID 6
PIPID 5
PIPIPI 6
PIPPIAN 7
PIPPIN 6 allowed elsewhere

* compound(ish) word

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