September 17, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

September 17, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 17, 2020, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.

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 September 17, 2020

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Center letter P: October 23, 2022
Center letter F: May 27, 2021

words: 209
score: 913 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 2
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	tot
I	1	-	1
P	-	1	1
tot	1	1	2

plu	4	6	tot
A	-	1	1
I	1	-	1
tot	1	1	2

debut appearances

PAINFUL, PLAINFUL, UNPAINFUL

word	length
AALII	5
AFALINA	7
AFFINAL	7
AFLAP	5
ALAAP	5
ALALA	5
ALALIA	6
ALAN	4
ALANNA	6
ALAP	4
ALAPA	5
ALAPANA	7
ALFAIA	6
ALFALFA	7
ALFIL	5
ALFIN	5
ALIF	4
ALLIIN	6
ALNUIN	6
ALNULIN	7
ALULA	5
ANAL	4
ANAN	4
ANANA	5
ANIL	4
ANILLIN	7
ANNA	4
ANNAL	5
ANNUAL	6
ANNUL	5
ANNULI	^† 6
APALA	5
APIAN	5
APIIN	5
APPAL	5
APPALL	6
APPUI	5
APUFF	5
AUFLAUF	7
AULA	4
FAAL	4
FAFF	4
FAIL	4
FAIN	4
FALL	4
FALLAL	6
FANA	4
FANAL	5
FAUN	4
FAUNA	5
FAUNAL	6
FAUNULA	7
FILA	4
FILIAL	6
FINAL	5
FINIAL	6
FINNA	5
FLAFF	5
FLAIL	5
FLAN	4
FLAP	4
FULLA	5
FUNANA	6
ILALA	5
ILIA	^† 4
ILIAL	5
ILUPAI	6
ILUPPAI	7
INAU	4
INFALL	* 6
INFAUNA	7
INFAUNAL	8
INFULA	6
INIA	4
INIAL	5
INULA	5
LAIN	4
LALL	4
LALLAN	6
LANA	4
LANAI	5
LAPA	4
LAPALAPA	8
LAPFUL	6
LAPILLI	7
LAPIN	5
LAPPA	5
LAUAN	5
LAULAU	6
LIANA	5
LILA	4
LIPA	4
LUAN	4
LUAU	4
LUFFA	5
LUNA	4
LUNULA	6
NAAI	4
NAAN	4
NAFF	4
NAIF	4
NAIL	4
NAILFUL	7
NAIN	4
NALA	4
NALL	4
NALLA	5
NANA	4
NANNA	5
NANNAN	6
NAPA	4
NAPPA	5
NAPU	4
NAUPLIAL	8
NAUPLII	7
NIFFNAFF	8
NINA	4
NIPA	4
NULLA	5
PAAN	4
PAIL	4
PAILA	5
PAILFUL	7
PAIN	4
PAINFUL	7	perfect pangram, debut
PALA	4
PALAPA	6	allowed elsewhere
PALI	4
PALILALIA	9
PALINAL	7
PALL	4
PALLA	5
PALLIA	6
PALLIAL	7
PALLU	5
PALP	4
PALPAL	6
PALPI	5
PALULI	6
PANFUL	6
PANIN	5
PANINI	6
PANNI	5
PAPA	4
PAPAIA	6
PAPAIN	6
PAPAL	5
PAPAU	5
PAPI	4
PAPILLA	7
PAPPI	5
PAPULA	6
PAPULLA	7
PAUA	4
PAUL	4
PAULIN	6
PFAFF	5
PIAI	4
PIAL	4
PIAN	4
PILA	4
PILAF	5
PILAFF	6
PILAU	5
PILLAU	6
PINA	4
PINFALL	* 7
PINNA	5
PINNAL	6
PINNULA	7
PIPA	4
PIPAL	5
PIPPIAN	7
PLAIN	5
PLAINFUL	8	pangram
PLAN	4
PLANA	5
PLANAL	6
PLANFUL	7
PLANULA	7
PLAP	4
PUFFA	5
PULA	4
PULLA	5
PULLULAN	8
PULPAL	6
PUNA	4
PUNALUA	7
PUNALUAN	8
PUNANI	6
PUNNAI	6
PUPA	4
PUPAL	5
UINAL	5
ULAN	4
ULNA	4
ULPAN	5
UNAI	4
UNAL	4
UNAU	4
UNFAIL	6
UNFILIAL	8
UNFINAL	7
UNLAP	5
UNNAIL	6
UNPAINFUL	9	pangram
UNPLAIN	7
UNPLAN	6
UPUPA	5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AA x 1	AF x 3	AL x 17	AN x 10	AP x 7	AU x 2
FA x 12	FI x 5	FL x 4	FU x 2
IL x 5	IN x 8
LA x 13	LI x 3	LU x 5
NA x 18	NI x 3	NU x 1
PA x 37	PF x 1	PI x 16	PL x 8	PU x 12
UI x 1	UL x 3	UN x 11	UP x 1

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