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December 15, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 15, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with RA.


Instructions

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center letter ADMOPRU
Spelling Bee for December 15, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter R: July 23, 2023
Center letter O: March 27, 2022

words: 215
score: 940 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 4
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 45
D x 38
M x 42
O x 5
P x 61
R x 15
U x 9

4L x 72
5L x 69
6L x 35
7L x 20
8L x 14
9L x 3
10L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 12 21 11 1 - - - 45
D 15 12 8 3 - - - 38
M 13 16 7 4 - 1 1 42
O 4 1 - - - - - 5
P 16 12 6 11 13 2 1 61
R 8 3 2 1 1 - - 15
U 4 4 1 - - - - 9
tot 72 69 35 20 14 3 2 215

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AD x 7 AM x 11 AO x 1 AP x 8 AR x 13 AU x 5
DA x 16 DO x 12 DR x 5 DU x 5
MA x 28 MO x 7 MU x 7
OO x 1 OP x 1 OR x 3
PA x 37 PO x 9 PR x 8 PU x 7
RA x 8 RO x 5 RR x 1 RU x 1
RAA x 1 RAD x 2 RAM x 4 RAU x 1
UM x 3 UP x 3 UR x 3

cmp 6 7 tot
A 1 - 1
R 1 1 2
U 1 - 1
tot 3 1 4

debut appearances 4
previously disallowed debuts 1
newly disallowed words 1 duad

PARAMOUDRA, POMPADOUR

word       length      
ADAD 4
ADDA 4
ADDRA 5
ADPAO 5
ADRAD 5
ADROOP 6
ADROP 5
AMADOU 6
AMARO 5
AMARU 5
AMDRAM * 6
AMMA 4
AMMO 4
AMOMUM 6
AMOR 4
AMORA 5
AMOUR 5 debut, previously disallowed
AMUR 4
AOUDAD 6
APAR 4
APOD 4
APOOP 5
APPAM 5
APPOM 5
APPRO 5
APUD 4
APUDOMA 7
ARAD 4
ARARA 5
ARDOR 5
ARDOUR 6
ARMADA 6
ARMADO 6
ARMOR 5
ARMOUR 6
AROAR 5
AROMA 5
AROURA 6
ARUM 4
ARURA 5
AUDAD 5
AURA 4
AURAR 5
AURORA 6
AURUM 5
DAAD 4
DADA 4
DADDA 5
DADO 4
DAMA 4
DAMAR 5
DAMARU 6
DAMMA 5
DAMMAR 6
DAMMARA 7
DAMP 4
DAPDAP 6
DARR 4
DARUMA 6
DAUD 4
DAUR 4
DODAD 5
DODDARD 7
DOMRA 5
DOODAD 6
DOPA 4
DORAD 5
DORADO 6 allowed elsewhere
DORAMA 6
DOUAR 5
DOUMA 5
DOURA 5
DOURADA 7
DRAM 4
DRAMA 5
DRAP 4
DRAPA 5
DRAPUR 6
DUAD 4 newly disallowed
DUAR 4
DUMA 4
DURA 4
DURRA 5
MAAR 4
MADAM 5
MADDA 5
MADO 4
MADURO 6
MAMA 4
MAMMA 5
MAMO 4
MAMPARA 7
MAOMAO 6
MAORMOR 7
MAPAU 5
MAPOU 5
MARA 4
MARAUD 6
MARD 4
MARM 4
MARMA 5
MAROR 5
MARRA 5
MARRAM 6
MARU 4
MARUA 5
MARUM 5
MARUPA 6
MAUD 4
MAUM 4
MAUMA 5
MOMMA 5
MOMPARA 7
MORA 4
MORADA 6
MORMAOR 7
MORMAORDOM 10
MORRA 5
MUDA 4
MUDAR 5
MUDARDARA 9
MUDRA 5
MURA 4
MURRA 5
MURRAM 6
OOAA 4
OPARA 5
ORAD 4
ORDA 4
ORRA 4
PADA 4
PADAM 5
PADMA 5
PAMPA 5
PAOPAO 6
PAPA 4
PAPAD 5
PAPADAM 7
PAPADOM 7
PAPADUM 7
PAPAU 5
PAPPAD 6
PAPPADAM 8
PAPPADOM 8
PAPPADUM 8
PARA 4
PARADOR 7
PARADROP 8
PARAMO 6
PARAMOUDRA 10 pangram
PARAMOUR 8 debut
PARAMPARA 9
PARAPARA 8
PARAPOD 7
PARD 4
PARDAO 6
PARDAU 6
PARDO 5
PARM 4
PARMA 5
PARP 4
PARR 4
PARRO 5
PARUPPU 7
PAUA 4
PAUM 4
PAUROPOD 8
POMPADOM 8
POMPADOR 8
POMPADOUR 9 pangram, debut
POPADOM 7
POPADUM 7
POPPA 5
POPPADOM 8
POPPADUM 8
POROMA 6
PRAAM 5
PRAD 4
PRAM 4
PRAO 4
PRAU 4
PROA 4
PRODROMA 8
PROPOMA 7
PUMA 4
PUMAPARD 8
PUPA 4
PUPADOM 7
PURAU 5
PURDA 5
PURPURA 7
RAAD 4
RADA 4
RADAR 5
RAMADA 6
RAMARAMA 8
RAMP 4
RAMROD * 6
RAUPO 5
ROAD 4
ROADMAP * 7 allowed elsewhere
ROAM 4
ROAR 4
ROMA 4
RRAUP 5
RUPA 4
UMADA 5
UMARA 5
UMMA 4
UPMA 4
UPROAR * 6 debut
UPUPA 5
URAD 4
URAO 4
URUPA 5

* compound(ish) word

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