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October 23, 2019 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 23, 2019, 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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center letter LHIOPRW
Spelling Bee for October 23, 2019

Related puzzles
Center letter O: March 17, 2022
Center letter P: July 7, 2020

words: 56
score: 205 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 4
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

H x 8
I x 2
L x 10
O x 4
P x 19
R x 4
W x 9

4L x 31
5L x 10
6L x 8
7L x 1
8L x 3
9L x 1
10L x 1
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 tot
H 4 3 1 - - - - - 8
I 2 - - - - - - - 2
L 8 - 1 - 1 - - - 10
O 2 1 1 - - - - - 4
P 9 4 4 1 1 - - - 19
R 4 - - - - - - - 4
W 2 2 1 - 1 1 1 1 9
tot 31 10 8 1 3 1 1 1 56

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
HI x 2 HO x 6
IL x 1 IP x 1
LI x 3 LO x 7
OL x 1 OP x 1 OR x 2
PH x 2 PI x 4 PL x 4 PO x 7 PR x 2
RI x 1 RO x 3
WH x 5 WI x 3 WO x 1

cmp 8 9 10 12 tot
P 1 - - - 1
W - 1 1 1 3
tot 1 1 1 1 4

plu 4 tot
P 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 7

WHIPPOORWILL, WHIRLPOOL

word       length      
HILI 4
HILL 4
HOLLO 5
HOLLOW 6
HOLO 4
HOLOR 5
HOPLO 5
HOWL 4
ILLO 4
IPIL 4
LILL 4
LILO 4
LIPO 4
LOIR 4
LOLL 4
LOLLIPOP 8
LOLLOP 6
LOOP 4
LOPH 4
LOWP 4
OLIO 4
OPILIO 6
ORLO 4
ORLOP 5 disallowed elsewhere
PHILIP 6
PHLOROL 7
PILI  4
PILL 4
PILLOW 6 debut
PIRL 4
PLIP 4
PLOOP 5
PLOP 4
PLOW 4 debut
POLIO 5
POLL 4
POLLOI 6
POLO 4
POOL 4
POORWILL * 8
POPOLO 6
PRILL 5
PROWL 5 debut
RILL 4
ROIL 4
ROLL 4
ROOL 4
WHIPPOORWILL * 12 pangram, debut
WHIPPOWILL * 10
WHIRL 5 debut
WHIRLPOOL * 9 pangram, debut
WHORL 5 debut
WILIWILI 8
WILL 4
WILLOW 6
WOOL 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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