October 18, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

October 18, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 18, 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 October 18, 2020

Related puzzles

Center letter N: January 24, 2024
Center letter I: May 26, 2022
Center letter P: April 18, 2021

words: 356
score: 1,993 pts
pangrams: 22
perfect: 4
compounds: 6
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

A x 75
D x 52
I x 13
N x 54
O x 18
P x 107
R x 37

4L x 80
5L x 97
6L x 70
7L x 53
8L x 36
9L x 9
10L x 8
11L x 2
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	tot
A	15	28	14	11	5	1	1	-	-	75
D	13	16	8	8	4	1	1	-	1	52
I	2	6	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	13
N	12	13	10	6	8	1	2	2	-	54
O	5	3	7	2	1	-	-	-	-	18
P	20	23	20	20	15	5	4	-	-	107
R	13	8	8	4	3	1	-	-	-	37
tot	80	97	70	53	36	9	8	2	1	356

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	5	6	7	8	9	tot
A	1	-	1	-	-	2
I	-	1	-	-	-	1
O	-	1	-	-	-	1
R	-	-	-	1	1	2
tot	1	2	1	1	1	6

plu	5	6	7	tot
I	-	-	1	1
O	-	1	-	1
P	1	-	-	1
R	1	-	-	1
tot	2	1	1	4

debut appearances	10
previously disallowed debuts	1

ANDROPODIA, DANAPAROID, DIPRIONIDIAN, NADROPARIN, NONPARANOID, NONRAPID, PADRONI, PANDORI, PANDORID, PANNARIOID, PANORPID, PANORPODID, PANORPOID, PARANODIN, PARANOID, PARAONID, PARIDON, PONIARD, PORANIID, PROPANIDID, PROPANOID, RAINDROP

word	length
DIPRIONIDIAN	12	pangram
NONPARANOID	11	pangram
NONRIPARIAN	11
ANDROPODIA	10	pangram
DANAPAROID	10	pangram
NADROPARIN	10	pangram
NANNANDRIA	10
PANNARIOID	10	pangram
PANORPODID	10	pangram
PARNAPARIN	10
PROPANIDID	10	pangram
ARRIPIDID	9
DIANDRIAN	9
NANDINIID	9
PANDIONID	9
PANORPOID	9	pangram
PARANODIN	9	pangram
PARAPODIA	9
PROPANOID	9	pangram
RADIOIRON	* 9
ANANDRIA	8
ANIONOID	8
ANIRIDIA	8
ANORDRIN	8
APIARIAN	8	debut, previously disallowed, disallowed elsewhere
DANIONIN	8
DARDARIN	8
DIAPRIID	8
DIPODAND	8
NANODROP	8
NANOROAD	8
NARAOIID	8
NONPIANO	8
NONRADAR	8
NONRADIO	8
NONRADON	8
NONRAPID	8	pangram
ORDINAND	8
PANDORID	8	pangram
PANNARIN	8
PANORPID	8	pangram
PAPIONIN	8
PARADROP	8
PARANOIA	8	debut
PARANOID	8	pangram, debut
PARAONID	8	pangram
PARAPARA	8
PARRANDA	8
PORANIID	8	pangram
PRONAPIN	8
PRONOIAI	8
PRONOIAR	8
PROPODIA	8
RAINDROP	* 8	pangram, debut
RANARIAN	8
RIPARIAN	8
ADAPOID	7
AIRDROP	* 7	debut
ANDIRON	7	debut
ANDROID	7	debut
ANNONIN	7
APADANA	7
APINOID	7
APIONID	7
APOPAIN	7
ARIONID	7
ARRIPID	7
DIANION	7
DIANOIA	7
DIARIAN	7
DIPNOAN	7
DIPORPA	7
DODDARD	7
DONNARD	7
DORADID	7
INRADII	^† 7
IRIDIAN	7
NANDINA	7
NANOPOD	7
NANOROD	7
NONARID	7
NONPAID	7
NONROAD	7
OPPIDAN	7
ORARION	7
PADRONI	7	perfect pangram
PANDANI	7
PANDOOR	7
PANDORA	7
PANDORI	7	perfect pangram
PANDORO	7
PARADON	7
PARADOR	7
PARANDA	7
PARAPOD	7
PARIDON	7	perfect pangram
PARODOI	7
PIANINO	7
PIPPIAN	7
PONDIAN	7
PONIARD	7	perfect pangram
PRIDIAN	7
PRONAOI	7
PRONOIA	7
PROPRIA	7
RANDORI	7
RANINID	7
RAPPINI	7
RARIORA	7
ADAPID	6
ADROOP	6
ANAPID	6
ANDRON	6
ANNONA	6
ANODON	6
ANOPIA	6
APODIA	6
APODID	6
APONIA	6
APORIA	6
ARADID	6
ARDIAN	6
ARONIA	6
DAIRID	6
DANAID	6
DAPDAP	6
DIAPIR	6
DONAIR	6
DOODAD	6
DOODIA	6
DORADO	6	allowed elsewhere
INNARD	6
INROAD	* 6	debut
IODIAN	6
NAIDID	6
NANDID	6
NANNAN	6
NANOID	6
NANORI	6
NARDOO	6
NINDAN	6
NONAID	6
NONAIR	6
NONPAR	6
ONROAD	* 6
OORARI	6
OPPARI	6
OPPIDA	6
ORANDA	6
ORARIA	^† 6
ORDAIN	6	debut
PANADA	6
PANADO	6
PANDAN	6
PANDAR	6
PANINI	6
PANINO	6
PAOPAO	6
PAPAIA	6
PAPAIN	6
PAPION	6
PAPPAD	6
PARDAO	6
PARDON	6
PARIAN	6
PINDAN	6
PINDAR	6
PIRANA	6
PODAND	6
PORINA	6
PRIAPI	6
RADIAD	6
RADIAN	6
RADION	6
RANDAN	6
RANOID	6
RAPINI	6
RIPRAP	6
ROPANI	6
AARON	5
ADDON	* 5
ADDRA	5
ADORN	5
ADPAO	5
ADRAD	5
ADRIP	5
ADROP	5
AIDID	5
AINOI	5
AIRAN	5
ANANA	5
ANDRO	5
ANION	5
ANOIA	5
ANONA	5
APIAN	5
APIIN	5
APOID	5
APOOP	5
APPRO	5
APRON	5
ARARA	5
ARDOR	5
ARDRI	5
ARIID	5
AROAR	5
AROID	5
DAANA	5
DADDA	5
DAIRA	5
DANDA	5
DANDI	5
DANIO	5
DIDNA	5
DINAR	5
DINNA	5
DODAD	5
DOIRA	5
DONNA	5
DOONA	5
DORAD	5
DRAIN	5
DRAPA	5
IAIDO	5
INARI	5
INDAN	5
INDIA	5
INIAD	5
IRIAN	5
NADIR	5
NAIAD	5
NAIRA	5
NANNA	5
NAPOO	5
NAPPA	5
NARDO	5
NARRA	5
NIDDA	5
NONAD	5
NONDA	5
NONNA	5
NORIA	5
OIDIA	5
OIRAN	5
OPARA	5
PAIPO	5
PANDA	5
PANIN	5
PANIR	5
PANNI	5
PAPAD	5
PAPDI	5
PAPPI	5
PAPRI	5
PARDI	5
PARDO	5
PARID	5
PARRO	5
PIANO	5
PINDA	5
PINNA	5
PIPRA	5
PIRAI	5
PODIA	^† 5
POPPA	5
PORIA	5
PRANA	5
PRIAN	5
RADAR	5
RADII	^† 5
RADIO	5	debut
RADON	5
RAION	5
RANDO	5	allowed elsewhere
RANID	5
RAPID	5
ADAD	4
ADDA	4
ANAN	4
ANNA	4
ANOA	4
ANON	4
APAR	4
APID	4
APIO	4
APOD	4
ARAD	4
ARIA	4
ARID	4
ARNA	4
ARNI	4
DAAD	4
DADA	4
DADO	4
DANA	4
DAND	4
DARI	4
DARN	4
DARR	4
DIAD	4
DIRA	4
DONA	4
DOPA	4
DRAP	4
INIA	4
IORA	4
NAAI	4
NAAN	4
NADA	4
NAIN	4
NAIO	4
NANA	4
NANO	4
NAOI	4
NAPA	4
NARD	4
NINA	4
NIPA	4
ONIA	4
OOAA	4
ORAD	4
ORDA	4
ORRA	4
PAAN	4
PADA	4
PADI	4
PAID	4
PAIN	4
PAIR	4
PAND	4
PAPA	4
PAPI	4
PARA	4
PARD	4
PARP	4
PARR	4
PIAI	4
PIAN	4
PINA	4
PIPA	4
PRAD	4
PRAO	4
PROA	4
RAAD	4
RADA	4
RAID	4
RAIN	4
RAIP	4
RAND	4
RANI	4
RANN	4
RIAD	4
ROAD	4
ROAN	4
ROAR	4
RONA	4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AA x 1	AD x 12	AI x 4	AN x 22	AP x 19	AR x 17
DA x 20	DI x 15	DO x 14	DR x 3
IA x 1	IN x 8	IO x 2	IR x 2
NA x 33	NI x 4	NO x 17
OI x 2	ON x 2	OO x 2	OP x 4	OR x 8
PA x 69	PI x 14	PO x 8	PR x 16
RA x 29	RI x 3	RO x 5

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