August 20, 2021 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the
New York Times Spelling Bee from August 20, 2021, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with OD.
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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 August 20, 2021
Related puzzles
Center letter P: October 4, 2023
Center letter R: December 10, 2018
words: 127
score: 552 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 1
compounds: 18
plurals: 1
bingo: yes
A x 19
D x 47
H x 14
O x 7
P x 21
R x 9
T x 10
4L x 53
5L x 23
6L x 18
7L x 21
8L x 8
9L x 3
10L x 1
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
tot
A
6
7
1
3
-
2
-
19
D
23
10
7
7
-
-
-
47
H
3
2
4
5
-
-
-
14
O
5
-
-
-
1
1
-
7
P
6
2
4
3
5
-
1
21
R
4
1
1
3
-
-
-
9
T
6
1
1
-
2
-
-
10
tot
53
23
18
21
8
3
1
127
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
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4
6
7
8
9
tot
A
-
-
1
-
1
2
D
-
-
3
-
-
3
H
-
1
5
-
-
6
P
-
-
1
2
-
3
R
-
-
1
-
-
1
T
1
-
-
2
-
3
tot
1
1
11
4
1
18
debut appearances
1
previously disallowed debuts
1
ARTHROPOD, HARDTOP , PARTHOOD, PHOTORADAR
AD AD
4
AD AH
4
AD APT
5
AD APTOR
7
AD AT
4
AD D A
4
AD D RA
5
AD OPT
5
AD PAO
5
AD RAD
5
AD ROOP
6
AD ROP
5
APOD
4
ARAD
4
ARATD AR
7
ARD OR
5
ARHATHOOD
* 9
ARTHOOD
* 7
ARTHROPOD
9
pangram
D AAD
4
D AD A
4
D AD D A
5
D AD HOOD
* 7
D AD O
4
D APD AP
6
D ARR
4
D ART
4
D ATA
† 4
D ATAPAD
* 7
D ATO
4
D ATTO
5
D HOOP
5
D HOOR
5
D HOORRA
7
D OAT
4
D OD AD
5
D OD D
4
D OD D ARD
7
D OD D ART
7
D OD O
4
D OHA
4
D OOD
4
D OOD AD
6
D OOD AH
6
D OOD OO
6
D OOP
4
D OOR
4
D OOT
4
D OPA
4
D OPATTA
7
D ORAD
5
D ORAD O
6
allowed elsewhere
D ORP
4
D ORR
4
D ORT
4
D OTAR
5
D OTARA
6
D OTARD
6
D OTH
4
D RAP
4
D RAPA
5
D RAT
4
D ROOP
5
D ROP
4
D ROPTOP
* 7
D ROTT
5
HAD AD A
6
HAD D
4
HAD OOD
6
HARD
4
HARD HAT
* 7
HARD PAD
* 7
HARD TOP
* 7
perfect pangram
HOARD
5
HOD AD
5
HOOD
4
HOOD OO
6
HOOD RAT
* 7
HOPTOAD
* 7
HOTROD
* 6
debut, previously disallowed
OD AH
4
OD OR
4
ORAD
4
ORD A
4
ORD O
4
ORTHOD ATA
9
ORTHOPOD
8
PAD A
4
PAPAD
5
PAPAHOOD
* 8
PAPPAD
6
PARAD ATA
8
PARAD OR
7
PARAD ROP
8
PARAPOD
7
PARD
4
PARD AH
6
PARD AO
6
PARD O
5
PARTHOOD
* 8
pangram
PHAD
4
PHOTORAD AR
10
pangram
POOD
4
POTD AR
6
PRAD
4
PROD
4
PROD ROP
* 7
PROTOPOD
8
RAAD
4
RAD A
4
RAD AR
5
RAHD AR
6
RATHOOD
* 7
RHOD ORA
7
ROAD
4
ROOD
4
ROTAROD
7
TAD A
4
TARAD A
6
TARD
4
TARD O
5
TOAD
4
TOD O
* 4
TOOTHPAD
* 8
TRAD
4
TRAPD OOR
* 8
TROD
4
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun