May 20, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

May 20, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 20, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with CO.

Spelling Bee Solver supports the NYT Tech Guild strike and urges users to refrain from playing New York Times puzzles until this labor action is resolved. Learn more.

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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.

Spelling Bee for May 20, 2020

Related puzzles

Center letter Y: September 27, 2022
Center letter O: August 27, 2020
Center letter A: July 5, 2019
Center letter B: November 8, 2018

words: 229
score: 1,151 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 9
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 31
B x 46
C x 62
L x 40
N x 36
O x 9
Y x 5

4L x 59
5L x 59
6L x 48
7L x 29
8L x 22
9L x 6
10L x 4
11L x 2

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	9	7	9	4	2	-	-	-	31
B	11	10	13	6	4	1	1	-	46
C	11	13	18	8	8	2	2	-	62
L	15	17	5	2	1	-	-	-	40
N	5	7	2	9	7	3	1	2	36
O	4	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	9
Y	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
tot	59	59	48	29	22	6	4	2	229

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AB x 4	AC x 4	AL x 19	AN x 4
BA x 22	BL x 10	BO x 13	BY x 1
CA x 18	CL x 10	CO x 29	CY x 5
COA x 5	COB x 1	COC x 4	COL x 14	CON x 1	COO x 2	COY x 2
LA x 15	LL x 2	LO x 23
NA x 10	NO x 24	NY x 2
OB x 2	OL x 4	ON x 3
YA x 1	YN x 1	YO x 3

cmp	5	6	7	8	10	tot
B	-	-	1	1	-	2
C	-	-	1	1	1	3
L	1	-	-	1	-	2
O	1	1	-	-	-	2
tot	2	1	2	3	1	9

debut appearances

BALCONY, BALLOONACY

word	length
ABANAL	6
ABANALLY	8
ABLY	4
ABOLLA	6
ACALYCAL	8
ACLONAL	7
ACYL	4
ACYLAL	6
ALALA	5
ALAN	4
ALANNA	6
ALANYL	6
ALBA	4
ALBAN	5
ALBANOL	7
ALBOLL	6
ALCANNA	7
ALCO	4
ALCOOL	6
ALCYON	6
ALLAY	5
ALLOY	5
ALLY	4
ALLYL	5
ALOC	4
ALOLL	5
ALOO	4
ANAL	4
ANALLY	6
ANCONAL	7
ANNAL	5
BAAL	4
BABALA	6
BABAYLAN	8
BABBLY	6
BACALAO	7
BACCALA	7
BALBOA	6
BALCONY	7	perfect pangram
BALL	4
BALLAN	6
BALLBOY	* 7
BALLCLAY	* 8
BALLON	6
BALLOON	7
BALLOONACY	10	pangram
BALLOONY	8
BALLY	5
BALOO	5
BANAL	5
BANALLY	7
BANCAL	6
BANYALLA	8
BLAA	4
BLAB	4
BLABBY	6
BLANC	5
BLANCO	6
BLAY	4
BLOB	4
BLOBBY	6
BLOC	4
BLOLLY	6
BOBBLY	6
BOBBOL	6
BOBOL	5
BOCAL	5
BOLA	4
BOLL	4
BOLO	4
BOLON	5
BOOBYALLA	9
BOOL	4
BOOLY	5
BOYLA	5
BOYLY	5
BYLYNA	6
CABAL	5
CABALA	6
CABBALA	7
CABOCLO	7
CALABA	6
CALABAN	7
CALALOO	7
CALL	4
CALLA	5
CALLALOO	8
CALLBOY	* 7
CALLOO	6
CALO	4
CALYON	6
CANAL	5
CANNOLO	7
CANNONBALL	* 10
CANOLA	6
CLAN	4
CLANCY	6
CLANNY	6
CLAY	4
CLOACA	6
CLOACAL	7
CLOACALLY	9
CLONAL	6	disallowed elsewhere
CLONALLY	8
CLOY	4
COAL	4
COALA	5
COALBALL	* 8
COALLY	6
COALY	5
COBBLY	6
COCAL	5
COCCAL	6
COCOBOLA	8
COCOBOLO	8
COLA	4
COLCANNON	9
COLL	4
COLLA	5
COLLAB	6	allowed elsewhere
COLLABO	7
COLLOCAL	8
COLLY	5
COLO	4
COLOANAL	8
COLOCOLO	8
COLON	5
COLONY	6
COLY	4
CONAL	5
COOL	4
COOLLY	6
COYLY	5
COYOL	5
CYANOL	6
CYCLO	5
CYCLOALLYL	10
CYCLOL	6
CYLCON	6
LABANA	6
LABBA	5
LABLAB	6
LABNA	5
LACY	4
LALL	4
LALLAN	6
LALLY	5
LALO	4
LANA	4
LAOYA	5
LAYA	4
LAYAN	5
LAYBY	* 5
LAYN	4
LLANO	5
LLYN	4
LOAN	4
LOBAL	5
LOBBY	5
LOBLOLLY	* 8	allowed elsewhere
LOBO	4
LOBOLA	6
LOBOLO	6
LOCA	4
LOCAL	5
LOCALLY	7
LOCAO	5
LOCO	4
LOCON	5
LOLL	4
LOLLY	5
LONA	4
LONCO	5
LOOB	4
LOOBY	5
LOON	4
LOONY	5
LOYAL	5
LOYALLY	7
NABAL	5
NABLA	5
NALA	4
NALL	4
NALLA	5
NANOALLOY	9
NANOBALL	8
NANOBALLOON	11
NANOCANAL	9
NANOCLAY	8
NOBBLY	6
NOBLY	5
NOLA	4
NOLL	4
NOLO	4
NONALLOY	8
NONALLY	7
NONANAL	7
NONANOL	7
NONANOYL	8
NONBALL	7
NONBLOC	7
NONCALL	7
NONCANAL	8
NONCLAY	7
NONCLONAL	9
NONCLONALLY	11
NONCOAL	7
NONCOLA	7
NONLAB	6
NONLOCAL	8
NONLOCALLY	10
NONLOYAL	8
NONYL	5
NYALA	5
NYLON	5
OBOL	4
OBOLO	5
OLAY	4
OLLA	4
OLLAY	5
OLONA	5
ONLAY	* 5
ONLOAN	* 6
ONLY	4
YACAL	5
YNOL	4
YOAL	4
YOLA	4
YOLO	4

* compound(ish) word

Get ad-free hints!