August 20, 2022: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

August 20, 2022 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 20, 2022, 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 August 20, 2022

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Center letter B: April 21, 2019

words: 187
score: 858 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 10
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	5	7	8	9	tot
A	-	1	-	-	1
B	-	-	2	2	4
E	-	1	-	-	1
H	-	2	1	-	3
L	1	-	-	-	1
tot	1	4	3	2	10

plu	4	6	tot
A	1	-	1
C	-	2	2
tot	1	2	3

BELLYACHE, BLEACHY

word	length
ABACA	5
ABAYA	5
ABBA	4
ABBACY	6
ABBE	4
ABBEY	5
ABELE	5
ABEY	4
ABEYYA	6
ABHAL	5
ABLE	4
ABLY	4
ACALYCAL	8
ACCA	4
ACHA	4
ACHE	4
ACHY	4
ACLE	4
ACYL	4
ACYLAL	6
ALAE	^† 4
ALALA	5
ALBA	4
ALBE	4
ALEC	4
ALEE	4
ALEY	4
ALLAY	5
ALLAYABLE	9
ALLEE	5
ALLELE	6
ALLEY	5
ALLHEAL	* 7
ALLY	4
ALLYL	5
AYAH	4
AYEAYE	6
BAAL	4
BABA	4
BABALA	6
BABBLE	6
BABBLY	6
BABBY	5
BABE	4
BABEL	5
BABLAH	6
BABY	4
BACCA	5
BACCALA	7
BACCY	5
BACH	4
BACHA	5
BACHE	5
BAEL	4
BALCHE	6
BALE	4
BALL	4
BALLACHE	* 8
BALLCLAY	* 8
BALLY	5
BAYA	4
BEABLE	6
BEACH	5
BEACHBALL	* 9
BEACHY	6
BEAL	4
BEBAY	5
BECALL	6
BECCAL	6
BELACE	6
BELAH	5
BELAY	5
BELLYACHE	* 9	pangram
BEYA	4
BLAA	4
BLAB	4
BLABBY	6
BLAE	4
BLAH	4
BLAY	4
BLEA	4
BLEACH	6
BLEACHABLE	10
BLEACHY	7	perfect pangram
BLEAH	5
CABA	4
CABAL	5
CABALA	6
CABBALA	7
CABBALAH	8
CABBLE	6
CABBY	5
CABLE	5
CACA	4
CACHACA	7
CACHE	5
CACHEABLE	9
CAECA	5
CAECAL	6
CAECALLY	8
CALABA	6
CALE	4
CALECHE	7
CALL	4
CALLA	5
CALLABLE	8
CALLEE	6
CALYCEAL	8
CALYCLE	7
CAYCAY	6
CECA	4
CECAL	5
CECALLY	7
CELLA	5
CELLAE	^† 6
CHACHA	6
CHACHACHA	9
CHACHALACA	10
CHALAH	6
CHALLA	6
CHALLAH	7
CHAY	4
CHAYA	5
CHAYAH	6
CHEEBA	6
CHELA	5
CHELAE	^† 6
CLAY	4
CLAYEY	6
CYCLABLE	8
EACH	4
ELAYL	5
EYEABLE	7
EYEBALL	* 7
HABBLE	6
HAHA	4
HALA	4
HALACHA	7
HALAL	5
HALALA	6
HALALAH	7
HALE	4
HALL	4
HALLAH	6
HALLAL	6
HALLEL	6
HAYBALE	* 7
HAYE	4
HAYEY	5
HEAL	4
HEALABLE	8
HEALALL	* 7
HEALEE	6
HEELBALL	* 8
HELLA	5
HEYA	4
HYALEA	6
HYLA	4
LABBA	5
LABEL	5
LABELABLE	9
LABELLA	7
LABLAB	6
LACE	4
LACEABLE	8
LACEY	5
LACY	4
LALL	4
LALLY	5
LAYA	4
LAYBY	* 5
LEACH	5
LEACHABLE	9
LEACHY	6
LEAL	4
LEALLY	6
YABBA	5
YABBLE	6
YABBY	5
YACAL	5
YACCA	5
YALAH	5
YALE	4
YAYA	4
YEAH	4
YEEHAH	6
YELLABLE	8

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AB x 12	AC x 8	AL x 15	AY x 2
BA x 24	BE x 13	BL x 11
CA x 25	CE x 5	CH x 12	CL x 2	CY x 1
EA x 1	EL x 1	EY x 2
HA x 15	HE x 7	HY x 2
LA x 13	LE x 5
YA x 8	YE x 3

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