Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
October 12, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 12, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with UN.


Instructions

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center letter ADNORTU
Spelling Bee for October 12, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter O: November 8, 2024
Center letter N: July 16, 2023
Center letter U: August 29, 2022

words: 294
score: 1,360 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
compounds: 10
bingo: yes

A x 61
D x 56
N x 41
O x 21
R x 34
T x 71
U x 10

4L x 90
5L x 78
6L x 61
7L x 47
8L x 8
9L x 8
10L x 1
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 16 18 16 10 - 1 - - 61
D 21 17 10 8 - - - - 56
N 8 10 9 9 4 1 - - 41
O 6 3 5 4 2 1 - - 21
R 15 7 6 5 - 1 - - 34
T 20 21 13 9 2 4 1 1 71
U 4 2 2 2 - - - - 10
tot 90 78 61 47 8 8 1 1 294

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AD x 10 AN x 19 AO x 2 AR x 15 AT x 7 AU x 7
DA x 24 DO x 20 DR x 3 DU x 9
NA x 26 NO x 12 NU x 3
OA x 1 OD x 3 ON x 2 OO x 1 OR x 7 OT x 1 OU x 6
RA x 20 RO x 11 RU x 3
TA x 44 TO x 14 TR x 6 TU x 7
UD x 1 UN x 5 UR x 4
UNA x 4 UNT x 1

cmp 5 6 7 9 10 tot
A 1 - 1 - - 2
O - 3 2 - - 5
R - - 1 1 - 2
T - - - - 1 1
tot 1 3 4 1 1 10

debut appearances 3
newly disallowed words 2 donator, odorant

ODOURANT, ROTUNDA, TAURODONT, TURNAROUND

word       length      
AARON 5
ADAD 4
ADAT 4
ADDA 4
ADDON * 5
ADDRA 5
ADNATA 6
ADNOUN 6
ADORANT 7
ADORN 5
ADRAD 5
ANAN 4
ANANA 5
ANATTA 6
ANATTO 6
ANDRO 5
ANDRON 6
ANNA 4
ANNATTO 7
ANNONA 6
ANNOTATOR 9
ANNOTTO 7
ANOA 4
ANODON 6
ANODONT 7
ANON 4
ANONA 5
ANTA 4
ANTRA 5
ANURAN 6
AORTA 5
AOUDAD 6
ARAD 4
ARARA 5
ARATDAR 7
ARDOR 5
ARDOUR 6
ARNA 4
ARNATTO 7
ARNOTTA 7
ARNOTTO 7
ARNUT 5
AROAR 5
AROUND 6
AROURA 6
ARRANT 6
ARURA 5
ATAR 4
ATAUNT 6
ATAUNTO 7
ATTA 4
ATTAR 5
ATTORN 6
ATUA 4
AUDAD 5
AUNT 4
AURA 4
AURAR 5
AURORA 6
AUTO 4
AUTORAD * 7
DAAD 4
DAANA 5
DADA 4
DADDA 5
DADO 4
DANA 4
DAND 4
DANDA 5
DANTA 5
DANTON 6
DANTRON 7
DARN 4
DARR 4
DART 4
DARUAN 6
DATA 4
DATO 4
DATTO 5
DATURA 6
DAUD 4
DAUNT 5
DAUNTON 7
DAUR 4
DAUT 4
DOAT 4
DODAD 5
DODDARD 7
DODDART 7
DONA 4
DONAT 5
DONATOR 7 newly disallowed
DONNA 5
DONNARD 7
DOODAD 6
DOONA 5
DORAD 5
DORADO 6 allowed elsewhere
DOTAR 5
DOTARA 6
DOTARD 6
DOUAR 5
DOURA 5
DOURADA 7
DOUTAR 6
DRANT 5
DRAT 4
DRAUNT 6
DUAD 4 disallowed elsewhere
DUAN 4
DUAR 4
DUAT 4
DUNNART 7
DURA 4
DURANT 6
DURRA 5
DUTAR 5
NAAN 4
NAAT 4
NADA 4
NANA 4
NANDOU 6
NANDU 5
NANNA 5
NANNAN 6
NANO 4
NANOART 7
NANODOT 7
NANOROAD 8
NANOROD 7
NANTO 5
NARD 4
NARDO 5
NARDOO 6
NARRA 5
NARRATOR 8
NARUTO 6
NATANT 6
NATATOR 7
NATO 4
NATRON 6
NATTO 5
NAUNT 5
NONAD 5
NONART 6
NONAUTO 7
NONDA 5
NONNA 5
NONRADAR 8
NONRADON 8
NONRAT 6
NONROAD 7
NOTA 4
NOTANDA 7
NOTATOR 7
NURTURANT 9 disallowed elsewhere
NUTANT 6
NUTATOR 7
OART 4
ODONATAN 8
ODORANT 7 newly disallowed
ODOURANT 8 pangram
ONDATRA 7
ONROAD * 6
OOAA 4
ORAD 4
ORANDA 6
ORANT 5
ORATOR 6
ORDA 4
ORDONNANT 9
ORRA 4
OTTAR 5
OUTA 4
OUTADD * 6
OUTRAN * 6 debut
OUTRANT * 7
OUTROAR * 7
OUTTA 5
RAAD 4
RADA 4
RADAR 5
RADON 5
RAND 4
RANDAN 6
RANDO 5 allowed elsewhere
RANDOT 6
RANN 4
RANT 4
RATA 4
RATAN 5
RATATAT * 7
RATO 4
RATOON 6
RATTAN 6
RATTON 6
RATTOON 7
RATU 4
RAUN 4
ROAD 4
ROAN 4
ROAR 4
RONA 4
ROTA 4
ROTAN 5
ROTAROD 7
ROTATOR 7
ROTTA 5
ROTTAN 6
ROTUNDA 7 perfect pangram, debut
RUAN 4
RUANA 5
RUNAROUND * 9
TAAN 4
TADA 4
TANA 4
TANADAR 7
TANDA 5
TANDAR 6
TANDOOR 7
TANNA 5
TANNADAR 8
TANNOUR 7
TANNUR 6
TANOD 5
TANRU 5
TANTARA 7
TANTO 5
TANTRA 6
TARADA 6
TARAN 5
TARANTARA 9
TARATANTARA 11
TARATOR 7
TARD 4
TARDO 5
TARN 4
TARO 4
TAROT 5
TART 4
TARTAN 6
TARTAR 6
TATA 4
TATARA 6
TATARARA 8
TATOO 5
TATOU 5
TATT 4
TATTA 5
TATTARARA 9
TATTOO 6
TATU 4
TAUA 4
TAUNT 5
TAUON 5
TAURODONT 9 pangram
TAUT 4
TOAD 4
TOAT 4
TONA 4
TONNATO 7
TOOART 6
TORA 4
TORAN 5
TORANA 6
TORNADO 7
TORRAND 7
TORTA 5
TOTA 4
TOTARA 6
TOURONAUT 9
TRAD 4
TRANT 5
TRATT 5
TROAT 5
TRONA 5
TRUANT 6
TUAN 4
TUART 5
TUATARA 7
TUNA 4
TUNDRA 6
TURNAROUND * 10 pangram, debut
TURRA 5
UDAND 5
UNADD 5
UNADON 6
UNADORN 7
UNAU 4
UNTAUT 6
URAD 4
URANOAN 7
URAO 4
URNA 4

* compound(ish) word

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