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January 21, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 21, 2020, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter OBDKNRY
Spelling Bee for January 21, 2020

words: 135
score: 484 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

B x 41
D x 28
K x 20
N x 22
O x 7
R x 11
Y x 6

4L x 62
5L x 45
6L x 16
7L x 6
8L x 3
9L x 2
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
B 18 13 7 2 - 1 - 41
D 14 10 2 - 1 - 1 28
K 9 6 5 - - - - 20
N 5 8 2 4 2 1 - 22
O 5 2 - - - - - 7
R 6 5 - - - - - 11
Y 5 1 - - - - - 6
tot 62 45 16 6 3 2 1 135

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
BO x 32 BR x 9
DO x 23 DR x 3 DY x 2
KN x 4 KO x 12 KR x 3 KY x 1
NO x 22
OB x 2 OD x 1 OK x 1 ON x 1 OR x 2
RO x 11
YO x 6

cmp 6 8 10 tot
D - 1 1 2
N 1 - - 1
tot 1 1 1 3

plu 6 tot
K 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 3

DONNYBROOK

word       length      
BOBBY 5
BOBO 4
BODY 4
BOKO 4
BOKONO 6
BOKONON 7
BOKOR 5
BONBON 6
BOND 4
BONK 4
BONNY 5
BONOBO 6
BONY 4
BOOB 4
BOOBOO 6
BOOBOOK 7
BOOBY 5
BOODY 5
BOOK 4
BOOKOO 6
BOOKY 5
BOON 4
BOONK 5
BOOR 4
BORBORBOR 9
BORD 4
BORK 4
BORKY 5
BORN 4
BORO 4
BORON 5
BOYO 4
BROB 4
BROD 4
BRODY 5
BROO 4
BROOD 5
BROODY 6
BROOK 5
BROON 5
BRYONY 6
DOBBY 5
DOBRO 5
DODD 4
DODDY 5
DODO 4
DONK 4
DONNYBROOK * 10 pangram, debut
DONOR 5
DOOB 4
DOOBRY 6
DOOD 4
DOODOO 6
DOODY 5
DOOK 4
DOOKY 5
DOON 4
DOOR 4
DOORKNOB * 8 debut
DORK 4
DORKY 5
DORN 4
DORR 4
DORY 4
DRONY 5
DROOB 5
DROOK 5
DYNO 4
DYON 4
KNOB 4
KNOBBY 6
KNORK 5
KNORR 5
KOBO 4
KODKOD 6
KODO 4
KOKKO 5
KOKO 4
KOKOON 6
KONK 4
KOODOO 6
KOOK 4
KOOKY 5
KORO 4
KOYOK 5
KRONOR  6
KROO 4
KROON 5 allowed elsewhere
KYBO 4
NOBBY 5
NOBODY * 6 debut
NODDY 5
NONBODY 7
NONBOND 7
NONBONY 7
NONBOOK 7
NONBORON 8
NONBROODY 9
NONDO 5
NONDONOR 8
NONNO 5
NONNY 5
NONO 4
NONODD 6
NOOB 4
NOOBY 5
NOOK 4
NOOKY 5
NOON 4
NORK 4
NORRY 5
OBBO 4
OBROK 5
ODOR 4
OKRY 4
ONYON 5
ORBY 4
ORDO 4
RODDY 5
ROKO 4
ROKY 4
ROND 4
RONDO 5
RONKO 5
ROOD 4
ROODY 5
ROOK 4
ROOKY 5
ROON 4
YOBBO 5
YOBO 4
YOKY 4
YOND 4
YORK 4
YOYO 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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