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August 11, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 11, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with OD.


Instructions

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center letter RDIMOTY
Spelling Bee for August 11, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter I: November 13, 2024
Center letter O: February 8, 2023
Center letter D: February 22, 2021
Center letter M: January 30, 2019

words: 108
score: 486 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

D x 20
I x 6
M x 26
O x 4
R x 25
T x 25
Y x 2

4L x 40
5L x 25
6L x 17
7L x 14
8L x 8
9L x 4

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
D 6 8 2 3 - 1 20
I 1 2 - 2 - 1 6
M 4 7 8 3 3 1 26
O 2 - - 1 1 - 4
R 12 6 3 3 1 - 25
T 14 2 3 2 3 1 25
Y 1 - 1 - - - 2
tot 40 25 17 14 8 4 108

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
DI x 2 DO x 11 DR x 7
ID x 1 IR x 5
MI x 9 MO x 16 MY x 1
OD x 1 OR x 3
ODO x 1
RI x 8 RO x 16 RY x 1
TI x 2 TO x 11 TR x 11 TY x 1
YI x 1 YO x 1

cmp 6 7 8 tot
D 1 - - 1
R - 1 - 1
T - - 1 1
tot 1 1 1 3

plu 4 tot
T 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 0
newly disallowed words 1 torridity

DORMITORY, IRIDOTOMY, TORYMID

word       length      
DIRT 4
DIRTY 5
DOOR 4
DORID 5
DORIDID 7
DORM 4
DORMITORY 9 pangram
DORMY 5
DORR 4
DORT 4
DORTOIR 7
DORTY 5
DORY 4
DROID 5
DROIT 5
DROMI 5
DROMIID 7
DROMOI 6
DROTT 5
DRYROT * 6
IDIOTRY 7
IRID 4
IRIDOID 7
IRIDOTOMY 9 pangram
IRMOI 5
IRORI 5
MIDROOT 7
MIRID 5
MIRITI 6
MIRO 4
MIROMIRO 8
MIRROR 6
MIRRORY 7
MIRY 4
MITRID 6
MOMOIR 6
MOODIR 6
MOOR 4
MOORI 5
MOORY 5
MORID 5
MORMYRID 8
MORMYROID 9
MORRO 5
MORROT 6
MORT 4
MORTIDO 7
MORTO 5
MOTOR 5
MOTORDOM 8
MOTORY 6
MYOROD 6
ODOR 4
ORDO 4
ORMYRID 7
OROMOTOR 8
RIDDIM 6
RIDOTTO 7
RIMY 4
RIOT 4
RIOTRY 6
RIRORIRO 8
RITT 4
RIYO 4
RODDY 5
ROID 4
ROOD 4
ROODY 5
ROOM 4
ROOMY 5
ROOT 4
ROOTROT * 7
ROOTY 5
RORT 4
RORTY 5
ROTI 4
ROTO 4 disallowed elsewhere
ROTOID 6
ROTOR 5
ROTOTOM 7
RYOT 4
TIRO 4
TIRR 4
TOMMYROT * 8
TORI  4
TORII 5
TORO 4
TOROID 6
TORR 4
TORRID 6
TORRIDITY 9 newly disallowed, allowed elsewhere
TORT 4
TORY 4
TORYMID 7 perfect pangram
TRIIODO 7
TRIM 4
TRIMOTOR 8
TRIO 4
TRIOR 5
TRIT 4
TROD 4
TROT 4
TROTRO 6
TROTTOIR 8
TROY 4
TYRO 4
YIRR 4
YORDIM 6

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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