August 27, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 27, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
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Center letter Y: September 27, 2022Center letter L: May 20, 2020
Center letter A: July 5, 2019
Center letter B: November 8, 2018
words: 183
score: 1,153 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 7
bingo: yes
A x 17
B x 43
C x 57
L x 17
N x 39
O x 6
Y x 4
5L x 74
6L x 48
7L x 28
8L x 20
9L x 7
10L x 4
11L x 2
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | tot | |
| A | 7 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 17 |
| B | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 43 |
| C | 18 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | 57 |
| L | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 17 |
| N | 11 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 39 |
| O | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Y | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| tot | 74 | 48 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 183 |
| cmp | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | tot |
| B | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| C | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| L | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| O | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
BALCONY, BALLOONACY
| word | length | |||
| NANOBALLOON | 11 | |||
| NONCLONALLY | 11 | |||
| BALLOONACY | 10 | pangram | ||
| CANNONBALL | * 10 | |||
| CYCLOALLYL | 10 | |||
| NONLOCALLY | 10 | |||
| BOOBYALLA | 9 | |||
| CLOACALLY | 9 | |||
| COLCANNON | 9 | |||
| NANOALLOY | 9 | |||
| NANOCANAL | 9 | |||
| NONBANANA | 9 | |||
| NONCLONAL | 9 | |||
| BALLOONY | 8 | |||
| BONNACON | 8 | |||
| CALLALOO | 8 | |||
| CLONALLY | 8 | |||
| COALBALL | * 8 | |||
| COCOBOLA | 8 | |||
| COCOBOLO | 8 | |||
| COLLOCAL | 8 | |||
| COLOANAL | 8 | |||
| COLOCOLO | 8 | |||
| LOBLOLLY | * 8 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| NANOBALL | 8 | |||
| NANOCLAY | 8 | |||
| NONALLOY | 8 | |||
| NONANOYL | 8 | |||
| NONCANAL | 8 | |||
| NONCOCOA | 8 | |||
| NONLOCAL | 8 | |||
| NONLOYAL | 8 | |||
| YANACONA | 8 | |||
| ACLONAL | 7 | |||
| ALBANOL | 7 | |||
| ANCONAL | 7 | |||
| BACALAO | 7 | |||
| BALCONY | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| BALLBOY | * 7 | |||
| BALLOON | 7 | |||
| BONACON | 7 | |||
| CABOCLO | 7 | |||
| CALALOO | 7 | |||
| CALLBOY | * 7 | |||
| CANNOLO | 7 | |||
| CLOACAL | 7 | |||
| COLLABO | 7 | |||
| COONCAN | 7 | |||
| LOCALLY | 7 | |||
| LOYALLY | 7 | |||
| NONALLY | 7 | |||
| NONANAL | 7 | |||
| NONANOL | 7 | |||
| NONBABY | 7 | |||
| NONBALL | 7 | |||
| NONBLOC | 7 | |||
| NONBONY | 7 | |||
| NONCALL | 7 | |||
| NONCLAY | 7 | |||
| NONCOAL | 7 | |||
| NONCOLA | 7 | |||
| ABOLLA | 6 | |||
| ALBOLL | 6 | |||
| ALCOOL | 6 | |||
| ALCYON | 6 | |||
| ANCONA | 6 | |||
| ANCONY | 6 | |||
| ANNONA | 6 | |||
| BABACO | 6 | |||
| BABOON | 6 | |||
| BACCOO | 6 | |||
| BACONY | 6 | |||
| BALBOA | 6 | |||
| BALLON | 6 | |||
| BAOBAB | 6 | |||
| BLANCO | 6 | |||
| BLOBBY | 6 | |||
| BLOLLY | 6 | |||
| BOBBLY | 6 | |||
| BOBBOL | 6 | |||
| BONBON | 6 | |||
| BONOBO | 6 | |||
| BOOBOO | 6 | |||
| BOOCOO | 6 | |||
| CACOON | 6 | |||
| CALLOO | 6 | |||
| CALYON | 6 | |||
| CANNON | 6 | |||
| CANOLA | 6 | |||
| CANYON | 6 | |||
| CLOACA | 6 | |||
| CLONAL | 6 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| COALLY | 6 | |||
| COBBLY | 6 | |||
| COCCAL | 6 | |||
| COCONA | 6 | |||
| COCOON | 6 | |||
| COLLAB | 6 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| COLONY | 6 | |||
| COOCOO | 6 | |||
| COOLLY | 6 | |||
| CYANOL | 6 | |||
| CYCLOL | 6 | |||
| CYLCON | 6 | |||
| LOBOLA | 6 | |||
| LOBOLO | 6 | |||
| NOBBLY | 6 | |||
| NONLAB | 6 | |||
| ONLOAN | * 6 | |||
| ABOON | 5 | |||
| ALLOY | 5 | |||
| ALOLL | 5 | |||
| ANCON | 5 | |||
| ANNOY | 5 | |||
| ANONA | 5 | |||
| ANYON | 5 | |||
| BABOO | 5 | |||
| BACON | 5 | |||
| BACOO | 5 | |||
| BALOO | 5 | |||
| BANCO | 5 | |||
| BOABY | 5 | |||
| BOBAC | 5 | |||
| BOBBY | 5 | |||
| BOBOL | 5 | |||
| BOCAL | 5 | |||
| BOCCA | 5 | |||
| BOLON | 5 | |||
| BONNY | 5 | |||
| BOOBY | 5 | |||
| BOOLY | 5 | |||
| BOOYA | 5 | |||
| BOYLA | 5 | |||
| BOYLY | 5 | |||
| CACAO | 5 | |||
| CANON | 5 | |||
| CAOBA | 5 | |||
| CCOYA | 5 | |||
| COALA | 5 | |||
| COALY | 5 | |||
| COBBY | 5 | |||
| COCAL | 5 | |||
| COCOA | 5 | |||
| COLLA | 5 | |||
| COLLY | 5 | |||
| COLON | 5 | |||
| CONAL | 5 | |||
| CONNY | 5 | |||
| COYLY | 5 | |||
| COYOL | 5 | |||
| CYANO | 5 | |||
| CYCLO | 5 | |||
| LAOYA | 5 | |||
| LLANO | 5 | |||
| LOBAL | 5 | |||
| LOBBY | 5 | |||
| LOCAL | 5 | |||
| LOCAO | 5 | |||
| LOCON | 5 | |||
| LOLLY | 5 | |||
| LONCO | 5 | |||
| LOOBY | 5 | |||
| LOONY | 5 | |||
| LOYAL | 5 | |||
| NABOB | 5 | |||
| NOBBY | 5 | |||
| NOBLY | 5 | |||
| NONCY | 5 | |||
| NONNA | 5 | |||
| NONNO | 5 | |||
| NONNY | 5 | |||
| NONYL | 5 | |||
| NOOBY | 5 | |||
| NOYAN | 5 | |||
| NYLON | 5 | |||
| OBOLO | 5 | |||
| OLLAY | 5 | |||
| OLONA | 5 | |||
| ONLAY | * 5 | |||
| ONYON | 5 | |||
| YABBO | 5 | |||
| YACON | 5 | |||
| YOBBO | 5 |
* compound(ish) word