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

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

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 18, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with LE.

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 18, 2020

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Center letter O: August 10, 2023
Center letter E: March 31, 2021

words: 249
score: 1,196 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 5
bingo: yes

A x 46
B x 67
E x 9
K x 30
L x 54
N x 27
O x 16

4L x 77
5L x 59
6L x 46
7L x 32
8L x 22
9L x 8
10L x 2
11L x 2
13L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	tot
A	10	13	10	8	2	1	2	-	-	46
B	22	13	10	11	8	3	-	-	-	67
E	3	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	9
K	8	9	6	4	2	1	-	-	-	30
L	23	12	13	1	4	1	-	-	-	54
N	7	5	2	6	3	1	-	2	1	27
O	4	6	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	16
tot	77	59	46	32	22	8	2	2	1	249

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AB x 7	AK x 1	AL x 30	AN x 7	AO x 1
BA x 23	BE x 9	BL x 17	BO x 18
EL x 2	EN x 7
KA x 9	KE x 6	KL x 1	KN x 4	KO x 10
LA x 17	LE x 15	LL x 1	LO x 21
LEA x 5	LEB x 5	LEE x 1	LEK x 1	LEN x 2	LEO x 1
NA x 8	NE x 2	NO x 17
OB x 3	OK x 1	OL x 8	ON x 2	OO x 2

cmp	6	8	9	tot
A	-	-	1	1
B	-	1	-	1
L	-	1	-	1
O	2	-	-	2
tot	2	2	1	5

debut appearances

ANKLEBONE, BONKABLE, NONBANKABLE

word	length
NONANNEALABLE	13
NANOBALLOON	11
NONBANKABLE	11	pangram
ALLOALLELE	10
ANNEALABLE	10
ANKLEBONE	* 9	pangram, debut
BALNEABLE	9
BELLONEON	9
BLANKABLE	9
ENABLABLE	9
KLEENEBOK	9
LABELABLE	9
NONALLELE	9
ALKANONE	8
ALKENONE	8
BAKEABLE	8
BALLONNE	8
BANKABLE	8
BANNABLE	8
BEANBALL	* 8
BONEABLE	8
BONKABLE	8	pangram
BOOKABLE	8	allowed elsewhere
ENALLENE	8
ENKENNEL	8
KABLOONA	8
KALLALOO	8
LEAKABLE	8
LOANABLE	8	debut
LOOKABLE	8
LOOKBOOK	* 8	allowed elsewhere
NANOBALL	8
NONBLANK	8
NONNOBLE	8
OLEANANE	8
ABALONE	7	debut
ABOLLAE	7
ALBANOL	7
ALKANAL	7
ALKANOL	7
ALKENAL	7
ALKENOL	7
ALLENOL	7
BAKABLE	7
BALLEAN	7
BALLOON	7
BALNEAL	7
BLANKEN	7
BLEAKEN	7
BOBOLEE	7
BOLENOL	7
BONABLE	7
BOOABLE	7
BOOLEAN	7
ENNOBLE	7
KABBALA	7
KEBELLE	7
KNOBBLE	7
KOLONOK	7
LABELLA	7
NANOBEL	7
NONANAL	7
NONANOL	7
NONBALL	7
NONENAL	7
NONLAKE	7
OOLAKAN	7
ABANAL	6
ABOLLA	6
ALANNA	6
ALBANE	6
ALBOLL	6
ALKANE	6
ALKENE	6
ALLELE	6
ALLENE	6
ANNEAL	6
BABALA	6
BABBLE	6
BALBOA	6
BALEEN	6
BALLAN	6
BALLON	6
BEABLE	6
BELOOK	6
BOBBLE	6
BOBBOL	6
ENABLE	6
KABALA	6
KABELE	6
KANKLE	6
KEBELE	6
KELEBE	6
KENNEL	6
LABANA	6
LABANE	6
LABLAB	6
LALLAN	6
LANKEN	6
LEAKEE	6
LEBBAN	6
LEBBEK	6
LOANEE	6
LOBOLA	6
LOBOLO	6
LONNEN	6
LOOKEE	6
NOBBLE	6
NONLAB	6
OLEONE	6
OLONKA	6
ONLOAN	* 6
ONLOOK	* 6
ABELE	5
ABLEN	5
AKELA	5
ALALA	5
ALANE	5
ALBAN	5
ALEAK	5
ALLEE	5
ALOLL	5
ALONE	5	debut
ANKLE	5
ANNAL	5
ANOLE	5
BABEL	5
BALOO	5
BANAL	5
BELLE	5
BELLO	5
BLAKE	5
BLANK	5
BLEAK	5
BLOAK	5
BLOKE	5	debut
BLOOK	5
BOBOL	5
BOLON	5
ELLEN	5
KALON	5
KNEEL	5
KNELL	5
KNOLL	5
KOALA	5
KOKLE	5
KOLAK	5
KOLEA	5
KOLOA	5
LABBA	5
LABEL	5
LABNA	5
LABNE	5
LEBAN	5
LEBEN	5
LEBNA	5
LEONE	5
LLANO	5
LOBAL	5
LOKAO	5
LONKO	5
NABAL	5
NABLA	5
NALLA	5
NEBEL	5
NOBLE	5
OBOLE	5
OBOLO	5
OKOLE	5
OLEON	5
OLONA	5
OOLAK	5
ABLE	4
ALAE	4
ALAN	4
ALBA	4
ALBE	4
ALEE	4
ALOE	4
ALOO	4
ANAL	4
AOLE	4
BAAL	4
BAEL	4
BALE	4
BALK	4
BALL	4
BEAL	4
BEEL	4
BELL	4
BLAA	4
BLAB	4
BLAE	4
BLAK	4
BLEA	4
BLEB	4
BLEE	4
BLOB	4
BOLA	4
BOLE	4
BOLK	4
BOLL	4
BOLO	4
BOOL	4
ELAN	4
ENAL	4
ENOL	4
KALE	4
KALO	4
KEEL	4
KELL	4
KOEL	4
KOLA	4
KOLK	4
KOLO	4
LAKE	4
LALL	4
LALO	4
LANA	4
LANE	4
LANK	4
LEAK	4
LEAL	4
LEAN	4
LEEK	4
LEKE	4
LENE	4
LENO	4
LOAN	4
LOBE	4
LOBO	4
LOKE	4
LOLL	4
LONA	4
LONE	4
LOOB	4
LOOK	4
LOON	4
NALA	4
NALL	4
NEAL	4
NOEL	4
NOLA	4
NOLL	4
NOLO	4
OBOL	4
OLEA	4
OLEO	4
OLLA	4

* compound(ish) word

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