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, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AF.
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.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter P: October 23, 2022Center 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
| AA x 1 | AF x 3 | AL x 17 | AN x 10 | AP x 7 | AU x 2 |
| AFA x 1 | AFF x 1 | AFL x 1 | |||
| 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 |
| 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 | 1 |
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