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
January 4, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 4, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter LABCKOW
Spelling Bee for January 4, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter A: September 9, 2019
Center letter K: February 7, 2019

words: 104
score: 677 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 25
bingo: yes

A x 10
B x 27
C x 35
K x 7
L x 15
O x 3
W x 7

5L x 35
6L x 23
7L x 17
8L x 23
9L x 6

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 5 3 - 2 - 10
B 8 5 4 6 4 27
C 9 9 7 9 1 35
K 4 1 1 1 - 7
L 5 3 4 3 - 15
O 2 1 - - - 3
W 2 1 1 2 1 7
tot 35 23 17 23 6 104

cmp 7 8 9 tot
B - 5 4 9
C 1 4 1 6
L 4 3 - 7
W - 2 1 3
tot 5 14 6 25

debut appearances 2

BLOWBACK

word       length      
BACKBLOCK * 9
BLACKBACK * 9
BLACKBALL * 9
BLACKCOCK * 9
COCKBLOCK * 9
WALLCLOCK * 9
ALCOBLOW 8
ALCOLOCK 8
BABALAWO 8
BACKBALL * 8
BACKLOCK * 8
BALLCOCK * 8 allowed elsewhere
BLOWBACK * 8 pangram
BLOWBALL * 8
CALLALOO 8
CALLBACK * 8
CALLBOOK * 8
CLAWBACK * 8
COALBALL * 8
COCOBOLA 8
COCOBOLO 8
COLLOCAL 8
COLOCOLO 8
KALLALOO 8
LOCKBACK * 8
LOOKBACK * 8
LOOKBOOK * 8 allowed elsewhere
WALKBACK * 8
WALLBALL * 8
BACALAO 7
BACCALA 7
BALLOCK 7
BOLLOCK 7
CABBALA 7
CABOCLO 7
CALALOO 7
CLOACAL 7
COBWALL * 7
COLBACK 7
COLLABO 7
KABBALA 7
LACKALL * 7
LAWBOOK * 7
LOBCOCK * 7
LOWBALL * 7
WALLABA 7
ABOLLA 6
ALBOLL 6
ALCOOL 6
BABALA 6
BALBOA 6
BALLOW 6
BLOCKO 6
BOBBOL 6
CABALA 6
CALABA 6
CALLOO 6
CALLOW 6
CLACKA 6
CLOACA 6
COCCAL 6
COCKAL 6
COLLAB 6 allowed elsewhere
KABALA 6
LABLAB 6
LOBOLA 6
LOBOLO 6
OLLOCK 6
WALLOW 6
ABLOW 5
ALACK 5
ALALA 5
ALLOW 5
ALOLL 5
BALOO 5
BLACK 5
BLOAK 5
BLOCK 5
BLOOK 5
BOBOL 5
BOCAL 5
BOWLO 5
CABAL 5
CALLA 5
CLACK 5
CLOAK 5
CLOCK 5
COALA 5
COCAL 5
COLLA 5
COWAL 5
KAWAL 5
KOALA 5
KOLAK 5
KOLOA 5
LABBA 5
LOBAL 5
LOCAL 5
LOCAO 5
LOKAO 5
OBOLO 5
OOLAK 5
WALLA 5
WLOKA 5

* compound(ish) word

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