February 20, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

February 20, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 20, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with PA.

Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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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: 186
score: 945 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 1
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AC x 12	AD x 3	AH x 2	AI x 1	AN x 5	AP x 11
CA x 14	CH x 21	CI x 8	CN x 2
DA x 8	DH x 2	DI x 10
HA x 8	HI x 4
ID x 2	IN x 16
NA x 8	NI x 9
PA x 15	PI x 25
PAD x 1	PAH x 1	PAI x 2	PAN x 5	PAP x 6

cmp	5	tot
N	1	1
tot	1	1

plu	7	8	tot
A	1	-	1
C	1	1	2
I	1	-	1
tot	3	1	4

debut appearances	2
previously disallowed debuts	1

DIAPHANIC, HANDICAP

word	length
ACACIA	6
ACACIIN	7
ACACIN	6
ACAI	4
ACAPNIA	7
ACAPNIC	7
ACCIDIA	7
ACID	4
ACIDIC	6
ACINACI	^† 7
ACINI	5
ACINIC	6
ADAPID	6
ADIC	4
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
APIC	4
APICIDIN	8
APID	4
APIIN	5
APINCH	6
CAAPI	5
CADDID	6
CADI	4
CAHINCA	7
CAID	4
CANACID	7
CANDICIDIN	10
CANDID	6
CANDIDA	7
CANDIDID	8
CANID	5
CANINI	6
CAPI	4
CAPNIID	7
CHACID	6
CHADDI	6
CHAI	4
CHAIN	5
CHANDID	7
CHANID	6
CHANNID	7
CHIA	4
CHIC	4
CHICA	5
CHICH	5
CHICHA	6
CHICHI	6
CHID	4
CHIN	4
CHINA	5
CHINCAPIN	9
CHINCH	6
CHINDI	6
CHIP	4
CHIPA	5
CICAD	5
CICADA	6
CICADID	7
CICINNI	^† 7
CIID	4
CINCH	5
CINCINNI	^† 8
CIPPI	5
CNIDA	5
CNIDICIN	8
DAHI	4
DAINCHA	7
DANAID	6
DANDI	5
DAPHNIA	7
DAPHNID	7
DAPHNIID	8
DAPHNIN	7
DHAINCHA	8
DHANIA	6
DIACID	6
DIACIDIC	8
DIAD	4
DIADIC	6
DIAPHANIC	9	pangram
DIAPHANID	9
DIDI	4
DIDNA	5
DINIC	5
DINNA	5
HADACIDIN	9
HAHNIID	7
HAIN	4
HAINCH	6
HANAI	5
HANDI	5
HANDICAP	8	pangram
HAPPI	5
HIND	4
HIPPIC	6
HIPPID	6
HIPPIN	6
IDDAH	5
IDIC	4
INACHID	7
INCA	4
INCAP	5
INCH	4
INCHI	5
INDAN	5
INDIA	5
INDIACA	7
INDICA	6	allowed elsewhere
INDICAN	7
INDICIA	^† 7	debut, previously disallowed
INDIN	5
INIA	4
INIAC	5
INIAD	5
INIID	5
NAAI	4
NACHANI	7
NAIAD	5
NAIDID	6
NAIN	4
NANDID	6
NANDINA	7
NANDINIID	9
NIACIN	6
NICAD	* 5
NIDDA	5
NIDDAH	6
NIDI	4
NINA	4
NINDAN	6
NIPA	4
NIPAH	5
PADI	4
PAHI	4
PAID	4
PAIN	4
PANDANI	7
PANIC	5
PANIN	5
PANINI	6
PANNI	5
PAPAIA	6
PAPAIN	6
PAPDI	5
PAPHIAN	7
PAPI	4
PAPPI	5
PIAI	4
PIAN	4
PIANICA	7
PIAPIAC	7
PICA	4
PICANHA	7
PICHI	5
PICI	4
PICID	5
PICNIC	6
PIHA	4
PINA	4
PINCH	5
PINDA	5
PINDAN	6
PINID	5
PININ	5
PINNA	5
PINNID	6
PIPA	4
PIPI	4
PIPID	5
PIPIPI	6
PIPPIAN	7
PIPPIN	6	allowed elsewhere

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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