August 23, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

August 23, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 23, 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 August 23, 2020

Related puzzles

Center letter R: January 30, 2024
Center letter C: January 11, 2022
Center letter F: May 22, 2019

words: 207
score: 1,065 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 9
bingo: yes

A x 55
C x 37
D x 27
F x 20
I x 10
R x 18
T x 40

4L x 44
5L x 60
6L x 44
7L x 30
8L x 22
9L x 6
10L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	tot
A	9	15	13	11	5	2	-	55
C	6	10	11	6	2	1	1	37
D	9	6	4	2	5	1	-	27
F	6	7	3	2	2	-	-	20
I	2	5	3	-	-	-	-	10
R	5	5	4	2	2	-	-	18
T	7	12	6	7	6	2	-	40
tot	44	60	44	30	22	6	1	207

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	6	8	tot
A	1	1	2
C	1	-	1
tot	2	1	3

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

debut appearances

DIFFRACT

word	length
AARTI	5
ACACIA	6
ACAI	4
ACARDIA	7
ACARDIAC	8
ACARDIACI	^† 9
ACARI	5
ACARID	6
ACCIDIA	7
ACID	4
ACIDIC	6
ACIDIFIC	8
ACRATIA	7
ACRATIC	7
ACRID	5
ACRIDID	7
ACTARIT	7
ACTI	4
ADATI	5
ADDICT	6
ADIC	4
ADIT	4
ADRIFT	6
AFFAIR	6
AFRAID	6
AFRIT	5
AIDID	5
AIRCAR	* 6
AIRCRAFT	* 8
AIRT	4
ARACARI	7
ARADID	6
ARATI	5
ARCADIA	7
ARCI	^† 4
ARCID	5
ARCTIC	6
ARCTICID	8
ARCTIID	7
ARDRI	5
ARIA	4
ARID	4
ARIDIC	6
ARIID	5
ARTIAD	6
ARTIC	5
ARTIFACT	8
ATACTIC	7
ATARACTIC	9
ATARI	5
ATRACID	7
ATRIA	^† 5
ATTIC	5
ATTID	5
ATTRIT	6
CACTI	^† 5
CADDID	6
CADI	4
CAID	4
CAIR	4
CAIRD	5
CAITIFF	7
CARDIA	6
CARDIAC	7
CARDIID	7
CARDITA	7
CARDITIC	8
CARDITID	8
CARIAD	6
CARID	5
CARRI	5
CATARACTIC	10
CATFIT	* 6
CICAD	5
CICADA	6
CICADID	7
CIDARID	7
CIID	4
CIRCA	5
CIRCAR	6
CIRCI	^† 5
CIRRI	^† 5
CIRRID	6
CITRI	5
CITRIC	6
CRACID	6
CRACTICID	9
CRAIC	5
CRATIC	6
CRIA	4
CRIT	4
CRITIC	6
DACITIC	7
DAIRA	5
DAIRID	6
DARI	4
DARIC	5
DATARATI	^† 8
DATARIA	7
DATI	4
DIACID	6
DIACIDIC	8
DIACRITIC	9
DIACT	5
DIAD	4
DIADIC	6
DICTA	^† 5
DIDACT	6
DIDACTIC	8
DIDI	4
DIFF	4
DIFFRACT	8	pangram
DIRA	4
DIRT	4
DITA	4
DITACTIC	8
DITT	4
DITTI	5
DRIFT	5
FACIA	5
FACTIC	6
FAIR	4
FAIRD	5
FAIT	4
FARADAIC	8
FARADIC	7
FARARI	6
FATIDIC	7
FIAR	4
FIAT	4
FICID	5
FIFI	4
FITRA	5
FRACTI	6
FRATI	5
FRIAR	5
FRIT	4
FRITTATA	8
FTIRA	5
ICTIC	5
IDDAT	5
IDIC	4
IFRIT	5
IFTAAR	6
IFTAR	5
IRID	4
IRIDIC	6
IRITIC	6
ITTAR	5
RADIAD	6
RADIATA	7
RADIF	5
RADII	^† 5
RAFFIA	6
RAIAT	5
RAID	4
RAITA	5
RATAFIA	7
RATARDID	8
RIAD	4
RIATA	5
RICRAC	6
RIFF	4
RIFFRAFF	8
RIFT	4
RITARD	6
RITT	4
TACIT	5
TACTIC	6
TACTITIC	8
TAFIA	5
TAIRA	5
TAIT	4
TARAI	5
TARAIRI	7
TARICTIC	8
TARIFF	6
TARTARIC	8
TIAR	4
TIARA	5
TIATR	5
TICTAC	6
TIDIACIC	8
TIFF	4
TIFT	4
TIRR	4
TITI	4
TRAFFIC	7
TRAIF	5
TRAIT	5
TRIAC	5
TRIACID	7
TRIACIDIC	9
TRIACT	6
TRIAD	5
TRIADIC	7
TRIARII	7
TRIATIC	7
TRICA	5
TRICAR	6
TRICTRAC	8
TRIFF	5
TRIFFID	7
TRIFID	6
TRIRADII	8
TRIT	4
TRITACTIC	9

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AA x 1	AC x 17	AD x 5	AF x 3	AI x 4	AR x 17	AT x 8
CA x 18	CI x 12	CR x 7
DA x 8	DI x 18	DR x 1
FA x 9	FI x 5	FR x 5	FT x 1
IC x 1	ID x 2	IF x 3	IR x 3	IT x 1
RA x 10	RI x 8
TA x 11	TI x 9	TR x 20

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