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 23, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 23, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter NABGLOT
Spelling Bee for January 23, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter G: May 27, 2023
Center letter B: December 10, 2021

words: 177
score: 1,142 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 7
bingo: yes

A x 28
B x 27
G x 22
L x 24
N x 40
O x 13
T x 23

5L x 57
6L x 52
7L x 37
8L x 19
9L x 8
10L x 3
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 10 9 6 3 - - - 28
B 7 11 9 - - - - 27
G 7 7 4 2 2 - - 22
L 8 8 4 3 1 - - 24
N 13 5 11 5 4 1 1 40
O 2 7 - 2 1 1 - 13
T 10 5 3 4 - 1 - 23
tot 57 52 37 19 8 3 1 177

cmp 5 6 7 8 tot
L 1 - 1 2 4
N - - 1 - 1
O - 1 - - 1
T - - - 1 1
tot 1 1 2 3 7

debut appearances 4

LONGBOAT, OBLONGATA, OBLONGATAL

word       length      
NANOBALLOON 11
NONGLOTTAL 10
OBLONGATAL 10 pangram
TABONTABON 10
GOBBALOON 9
GOOGOLGON 9
LAGOBOLON 9
NONAGONAL 9
NONANALOG 9
NONBANANA 9
NONGLOBAL 9
OBLONGATA 9 pangram
ALALONGA 8
ANALOGON 8
ATLANTAL 8
GALANGAL 8 allowed elsewhere
GOBALOON 8
LAGOONAL 8
LONGBALL * 8
LONGBOAT * 8 pangram, debut
NANOBALL 8
NANOTOOL 8
NONALGAL 8
NONTABOO 8
NONTONAL 8
ONGAONGA 8
ONNAGATA 8
TABOGGAN 8
TAGALONG * 8 debut
TALANTON 8
TOBOGGAN 8 debut
ALANTOL 7
ALBANOL 7
ALLOTON 7
ANALOGA 7
ANNATTO 7
ANNOTTO 7
BAGOONG 7
BALLANT 7
BALLOON 7
BANGALO 7
BLATANT 7
BOGOLAN 7
BOGOLON 7
BOLOGNA 7
BOTANOL 7
GALANGA 7
GALLANT 7
GALLOON 7
GANTANG 7
LAGTANG 7
LANTANA 7 allowed elsewhere
LAOTONG 7
LOGLANG * 7
NANOBOT 7
NANOTAG 7
NATLANG * 7
NONAGON 7
NONANAL 7
NONANOL 7
NONBALL 7
NONBLOG 7
NONGANG 7
NONGOAL 7
NONLONG 7
TAGGANT 7
TANGBAO 7
TONNATO 7
ABANAL 6
ABATON 6
AGONAL 6
ALANNA 6
ANALOG 6
ANATTA 6
ANATTO 6
ANNONA 6
ATONAL 6
BABOON 6
BALLAN 6
BALLON 6
BANABA 6
BANANA 6
BANNAT 6
BOGONG 6
BONANG 6
BONBON 6
BONNAG 6
BONOBO 6
GABOON 6
GALANT 6
GALBAN 6
GALLON 6
GOANNA 6
GOBANG 6
GOBOON 6
LABANA 6
LAGOON 6
LALANG 6
LALLAN 6
LOBANG 6
LOGGAN 6
LONGAN 6
LOTONG 6
NABOOT 6
NAGANA 6
NANNAN 6
NATANT 6
NONLAB 6
OBLONG 6
OGBONO 6
ONAGGA 6
ONGANG 6
ONLOAN * 6
OOLONG 6
OTONAL 6
TABNAB 6
TABOON 6
TAONGA 6
TOLLON 6
TONNAG 6
ABOON 5
ALANG 5
ALANT 5
ALBAN 5
ALONG 5
ANANA 5
ANGLO 5
ANGON 5
ANNAL 5 allowed elsewhere
ANONA 5
BANAL 5
BANAT 5
BANNA 5
BATON 5
BOGAN 5
BOLON 5
BONGO 5
GANGA 5
GANNA 5
GANTA 5
GNOLL 5
GOBAN 5
GONNA 5
GOONA 5
LABNA 5
LAGAN 5
LATON 5
LLANO 5
LOGAN 5
LOGON * 5
LONGA 5
LOONG 5
NABAL 5
NABAN 5
NABLA 5
NABOB 5
NALLA 5
NANGA 5
NANNA 5
NANTO 5
NATAL 5
NATTO 5
NONNA 5
NONNO 5
NOTAL 5
OBANG 5
OLONA 5
TABON 5
TALON 5
TANGA 5
TANGO 5 debut
TANNA 5
TANTO 5
TOLAN 5
TONAL 5
TONGA 5
TONTO 5

* compound(ish) word

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