December 15, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

December 15, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 15, 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 December 15, 2020

Related puzzles

Center letter R: July 23, 2023
Center letter O: March 27, 2022

words: 215
score: 940 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 4
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	7	tot
A	1	-	1
R	1	1	2
U	1	-	1
tot	3	1	4

PARAMOUDRA, POMPADOUR

word	length
ADAD	4
ADDA	4
ADDRA	5
ADPAO	5
ADRAD	5
ADROOP	6
ADROP	5
AMADOU	6
AMARO	5
AMARU	5
AMDRAM	* 6
AMMA	4
AMMO	4
AMOMUM	6
AMOR	4
AMORA	5
AMOUR	5
AMUR	4
AOUDAD	6
APAR	4
APOD	4
APOOP	5
APPAM	5
APPOM	5
APPRO	5
APUD	4
APUDOMA	7
ARAD	4
ARARA	5
ARDOR	5
ARDOUR	6
ARMADA	6
ARMADO	6
ARMOR	5
ARMOUR	6
AROAR	5
AROMA	5
AROURA	6
ARUM	4
ARURA	5
AUDAD	5
AURA	4
AURAR	5
AURORA	6
AURUM	5
DAAD	4
DADA	4
DADDA	5
DADO	4
DAMA	4
DAMAR	5
DAMARU	6
DAMMA	5
DAMMAR	6
DAMMARA	7
DAMP	4
DAPDAP	6
DARR	4
DARUMA	6
DAUD	4
DAUR	4
DODAD	5
DODDARD	7
DOMRA	5
DOODAD	6
DOPA	4
DORAD	5
DORADO	6	allowed elsewhere
DORAMA	6
DOUAR	5
DOUMA	5
DOURA	5
DOURADA	7
DRAM	4
DRAMA	5
DRAP	4
DRAPA	5
DRAPUR	6
DUAD	4
DUAR	4
DUMA	4
DURA	4
DURRA	5
MAAR	4
MADAM	5
MADDA	5
MADO	4
MADURO	6
MAMA	4
MAMMA	5
MAMO	4
MAMPARA	7
MAOMAO	6
MAORMOR	7
MAPAU	5
MAPOU	5
MARA	4
MARAUD	6
MARD	4
MARM	4
MARMA	5
MAROR	5
MARRA	5
MARRAM	6
MARU	4
MARUA	5
MARUM	5
MARUPA	6
MAUD	4
MAUM	4
MAUMA	5
MOMMA	5
MOMPARA	7
MORA	4
MORADA	6
MORMAOR	7
MORMAORDOM	10
MORRA	5
MUDA	4
MUDAR	5
MUDARDARA	9
MUDRA	5
MURA	4
MURRA	5
MURRAM	6
OOAA	4
OPARA	5
ORAD	4
ORDA	4
ORRA	4
PADA	4
PADAM	5
PADMA	5
PAMPA	5
PAOPAO	6
PAPA	4
PAPAD	5
PAPADAM	7
PAPADOM	7
PAPADUM	7
PAPAU	5
PAPPAD	6
PAPPADAM	8
PAPPADOM	8
PAPPADUM	8
PARA	4
PARADOR	7
PARADROP	8
PARAMO	6
PARAMOUDRA	10	pangram
PARAMOUR	8
PARAMPARA	9
PARAPARA	8
PARAPOD	7
PARD	4
PARDAO	6
PARDAU	6
PARDO	5
PARM	4
PARMA	5
PARP	4
PARR	4
PARRO	5
PARUPPU	7
PAUA	4
PAUM	4
PAUROPOD	8
POMPADOM	8
POMPADOR	8
POMPADOUR	9	pangram
POPADOM	7
POPADUM	7
POPPA	5
POPPADOM	8
POPPADUM	8
POROMA	6
PRAAM	5
PRAD	4
PRAM	4
PRAO	4
PRAU	4
PROA	4
PRODROMA	8
PROPOMA	7
PUMA	4
PUMAPARD	8
PUPA	4
PUPADOM	7
PURAU	5
PURDA	5
PURPURA	7
RAAD	4
RADA	4
RADAR	5
RAMADA	6
RAMARAMA	8
RAMP	4
RAMROD	* 6
RAUPO	5
ROAD	4
ROADMAP	* 7	allowed elsewhere
ROAM	4
ROAR	4
ROMA	4
RRAUP	5
RUPA	4
UMADA	5
UMARA	5
UMMA	4
UPMA	4
UPROAR	* 6
UPUPA	5
URAD	4
URAO	4
URUPA	5

* compound(ish) word

AD x 7	AM x 11	AO x 1	AP x 8	AR x 13	AU x 5
DA x 16	DO x 12	DR x 5	DU x 5
MA x 28	MO x 7	MU x 7
OO x 1	OP x 1	OR x 3
PA x 37	PO x 9	PR x 8	PU x 7
RA x 8	RO x 5	RR x 1	RU x 1
UM x 3	UP x 3	UR x 3

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