October 26, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

October 26, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 26, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AO.

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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 October 26, 2020

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Center letter D: October 3, 2022

words: 338
score: 2,023 pts
pangrams: 11
perfect: 3
compounds: 1
plurals: 14
bingo: yes

A x 69
C x 82
D x 53
I x 21
O x 27
R x 24
T x 62

4L x 50
5L x 82
6L x 71
7L x 62
8L x 47
9L x 16
10L x 6
11L x 2
12L x 2

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	tot
A	9	18	16	15	6	3	1	-	1	69
C	8	17	17	19	13	3	3	1	1	82
D	11	14	11	7	9	1	-	-	-	53
I	4	8	3	2	1	1	2	-	-	21
O	3	5	11	4	4	-	-	-	-	27
R	6	7	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	24
T	9	13	9	11	11	8	-	1	-	62
tot	50	82	71	62	47	16	6	2	2	338

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AA x 1	AC x 24	AD x 6	AI x 3	AO x 2	AR x 23	AT x 10
			AOR x 1	AOT x 1
CA x 31	CI x 21	CO x 20	CR x 10
DA x 13	DI x 27	DO x 11	DR x 2
IA x 1	IC x 2	ID x 7	IO x 3	IR x 7	IT x 1
OC x 7	OD x 3	OI x 3	OO x 3	OR x 3	OT x 8
RA x 11	RI x 9	RO x 4
TA x 12	TI x 10	TO x 11	TR x 29

cmp	6	tot
A	1	1
tot	1	1

plu	4	5	6	8	9	tot
A	1	1	-	-	1	3
C	-	5	-	1	-	6
D	-	1	-	1	-	2
O	-	-	1	-	-	1
R	-	1	-	-	-	1
T	1	-	-	-	-	1
tot	2	8	1	2	1	14

debut appearances

ARCTOID, ARCTOTOID, CARDIOAORTIC, CAROTID, DARTOIC, DIATORIC, DICTATOR, IDIOCRATIC, TRACTRICOID, TRACTROID, TRICORDIA

word	length
AARTI	5
ACACIA	6
ACACIO	6
ACAI	4
ACARDIA	7
ACARDIAC	8
ACARDIACI	^† 9
ACARI	5
ACARID	6
ACAROID	7
ACCIDIA	7
ACID	4
ACIDIC	6
ACIDOID	7
ACIDOTIC	8
ACRATIA	7
ACRATIC	7
ACRID	5
ACRIDID	7
ACROATIC	8
ACROCIRRID	10
ACROCORACOID	12
ACROTIC	7
ACTARIT	7
ACTI	4
ADATI	5
ADDICT	6
ADIC	4
ADIT	4
ADOCID	6
ADROIT	6	debut
AIDID	5
AIRCAR	* 6
AIRT	4
AORTIC	6	debut
AOTID	5
ARACARI	7
ARADID	6
ARATI	5
ARCADIA	7
ARCI	^† 4
ARCID	5
ARCOID	6
ARCTIC	6
ARCTICID	8
ARCTIID	7
ARCTOID	7	perfect pangram
ARCTOTOID	9	pangram
ARDRI	5
ARIA	4
ARID	4
ARIDIC	6
ARIID	5
ARIOT	5
AROID	5
ARRICCIO	8
ARTIAD	6
ARTIC	5
ARTOI	5
ATACTIC	7
ATARACTIC	9
ATARI	5
ATOCIA	6
ATRACID	7
ATRIA	^† 5
ATTIC	5
ATTID	5
ATTRIT	6
ATTRITOR	8
CACCIATORA	10
CACTI	^† 5
CACTOID	7
CADDID	6
CADI	4
CAICCO	6
CAID	4
CAIR	4
CAIRD	5
CARDIA	6
CARDIAC	7
CARDIID	7
CARDIO	6	debut
CARDIOAORTIC	12	pangram
CARDIOID	8	debut
CARDITA	7
CARDITIC	8
CARDITID	8
CARIAD	6
CARID	5
CARIDOID	8
CARIOCA	7
CAROTIC	7
CAROTID	7	perfect pangram, debut
CARRI	5
CARROCCI	^† 8
CARROCCIO	9
CARROCIO	8
CATACROTIC	10
CATARACTIC	10
CATIO	5
CIAO	4
CICAD	5
CICADA	6
CICADID	7
CICADOID	8
CIDARID	7
CIDAROID	8
CIDIOT	6
CIID	4
CIOID	5
CIRCA	5
CIRCAR	6
CIRCI	^† 5
CIRCOID	7
CIRIO	5
CIRRI	^† 5
CIRRID	6
CITATOR	7
CITRI	5
CITRIC	6
CITROID	7
COADDICT	8
COAITA	6
COATI	5	debut
COCCI	^† 5
COCCIC	6
COCCID	6
COCCIDIA	8
COCCOID	7
COCRICO	7
COIR	4	allowed elsewhere
CORACIID	8
CORACOID	8
CORCAIR	7
CORIA	5
CORRIDA	7	debut
CORRIDO	7
CORRIDOR	8
CORTICOID	9
COTTID	6
COTTOID	7
CRACID	6
CRACTICID	9
CRAIC	5
CRATIC	6
CRIA	4
CRICOID	7
CRIT	4
CRITIC	6
CRITOCRATIC	11
CROCI	^† 5
DACITIC	7
DACOID	6
DACOIT	6
DAIRA	5
DAIRID	6
DAOTAI	6
DARI	4
DARIC	5
DARTOIC	7	perfect pangram
DARTOID	7
DATARATI	^† 8
DATARIA	7
DATI	4
DIACID	6
DIACIDIC	8
DIACRITIC	9
DIACT	5
DIAD	4
DIADIC	6
DIATORIC	8	pangram
DICOT	5
DICROTIC	8
DICTA	^† 5
DICTATOR	8	pangram, debut
DIDACT	6
DIDACTIC	8
DIDI	4
DIDO	4
DIODIC	6
DIOID	5
DIORITIC	8
DIOTA	5
DIOTIC	6
DIRA	4
DIRT	4
DITA	4
DITACTIC	8
DITT	4
DITTI	5
DITTO	5
DOID	4
DOIRA	5
DOIT	4
DOODIA	6
DORADID	7
DORADITO	8
DORID	5
DORIDID	7
DORTOIR	7
DOTID	5
DOTOID	6
DROID	5
DROIT	5
IAIDO	5
ICACO	5
ICTIC	5
IDDAT	5
IDIC	4
IDIOCRATIC	10	pangram
IDIOT	5
IDIOTA	6
IDIOTIC	7
IDIOTICA	8
IODIC	5
IORA	4
IOTA	4
IRID	4
IRIDIC	6
IRIDOID	7
IRITIC	6
IRORI	5
IRRADIATOR	10
IRRITATOR	9	debut, disallowed elsewhere
ITTAR	5
OCICAT	6
OCOID	5
OCTADIC	7
OCTIC	5
OCTOIC	6
OCTOID	6
OCTROI	6
ODACID	6
ODIC	4
ODIID	5
OIDIA	5
OIDIOID	7
OITICICA	8
OOID	4
OORARI	6
OOTID	5
ORARIA	^† 6
ORATORIO	8	debut
OROTIC	6
OTARIID	7
OTIATRIC	8
OTIC	4
OTIDID	6
OTITIC	6
OTITID	6
OTOITID	7
OTTARIID	8
RADIAD	6
RADIATA	7
RADIATOR	8	debut
RADII	^† 5
RADIO	5
RAIAT	5
RAID	4
RAITA	5
RARIORA	7
RATARDID	8
RATIO	5	debut
RIAD	4
RIATA	5
RICOTTA	7	debut
RICRAC	6
RIDOTTO	7
RIOT	4
RIRORIRO	8
RITARD	6
RITT	4
ROID	4
RORIC	5
ROTI	4
ROTOID	6
TACIT	5
TACTIC	6
TACTITIC	8
TACTOID	7
TAIRA	5
TAIT	4
TAOTAI	6
TARAI	5
TARAIRI	7
TARICTIC	8
TAROTIC	7
TARTARIC	8
TIAR	4
TIARA	5
TIATR	5
TICTAC	6
TIDIACIC	8
TIRADITO	8
TIRO	4
TIRR	4
TITI	4
TITRATOR	8
TODID	5
TOIT	4
TOITOI	6
TORI	^† 4
TORIC	5
TORII	5
TOROID	6
TOROIDIC	8
TORRID	6
TORTRICID	9
TOTTARI	7
TRACIATOR	9
TRACTRICOID	11	pangram
TRACTROID	9	pangram
TRADITOR	8
TRAIT	5
TRAITOR	7	debut
TRATTORIA	9	debut
TRIAC	5
TRIACID	7
TRIACIDIC	9
TRIACT	6
TRIAD	5
TRIADIC	7
TRIARII	7
TRIATIC	7
TRICA	5
TRICAR	6
TRICORDIA	9	pangram
TRICOT	6
TRICROTIC	9
TRICTRAC	8
TRIIODO	7
TRIO	4
TRIODIA	7
TRIOR	5
TRIRADII	8
TRIT	4
TRITACTIC	9
TROTTOIR	8

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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