August 4, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

August 4, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 4, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AL.

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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 4, 2020

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words: 242
score: 1,220 pts
pangrams: 6
compounds: 8
plurals: 7
bingo: yes

A x 59
C x 78
F x 45
I x 9
L x 22
O x 14
R x 15

4L x 64
5L x 62
6L x 54
7L x 32
8L x 21
9L x 6
10L x 1
11L x 1
13L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	tot
A	14	16	17	6	3	2	1	-	-	59
C	14	19	16	15	10	2	-	1	1	78
F	12	14	10	5	4	-	-	-	-	45
I	2	4	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	9
L	12	6	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	22
O	5	1	4	-	2	2	-	-	-	14
R	5	2	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	15
tot	64	62	54	32	21	6	1	1	1	242

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AA x 1	AC x 12	AF x 5	AI x 5	AL x 21	AR x 15
ALA x 4	ALC x 3	ALF x 5	ALI x 1	ALL x 4	ALO x 4
CA x 43	CI x 9	CL x 3	CO x 21	CR x 2
FA x 21	FI x 7	FL x 6	FO x 8	FR x 3
IC x 1	IL x 7	IO x 1
LA x 9	LI x 5	LO x 8
OF x 2	OL x 1	OO x 4	OR x 7
RA x 8	RI x 3	RO x 4

cmp	6	7	8	tot
A	2	2	-	4
F	1	1	-	2
R	-	1	1	2
tot	3	4	1	8

plu	4	5	6	8	tot
A	1	-	-	-	1
C	-	1	-	1	2
F	1	-	-	-	1
I	1	-	1	-	2
O	-	-	1	-	1
tot	3	1	2	1	7

ACROFACIAL, CALORIFIC, COROLLIFLORAL, ORIFICAL, ORIFICIAL, OROFACIAL

word	length
AALII	5
ACACIA	6
ACACIO	6
ACAI	4
ACALORIC	8
ACARA	5
ACARI	5
ACCA	4
ACCRA	5
ACOCIL	6
ACRA	4
ACRAL	5
ACROFACIAL	10	pangram
AFAR	4
AFARA	5
AFFAIR	6
AFOCAL	6
AFRO	4
AIOLI	5
AIRCAR	* 6
AIRFALL	* 7
AIRFOIL	* 7
AIROL	5
ALALA	5
ALALIA	6
ALALIC	6
ALAR	4
ALCAIC	6
ALCO	4
ALCOOL	6
ALFAIA	6
ALFALFA	7
ALFIL	5
ALFILARIA	9
ALFOIL	* 6
ALIF	4
ALLARIC	7
ALLIACOL	8
ALLOIC	6
ALLOLALIA	9
ALOC	4
ALOLL	5
ALOO	4
ALOOF	5
ARACA	5
ARACARI	7
ARACIAL	7
ARALIA	6
ARARA	5
ARCI	^† 4
ARCO	4
ARFAL	5
ARIA	4
ARIL	4
ARILLI	6
AROAR	5
AROLIA	6
AROLLA	6
ARRICCIO	8
CACA	4
CACAO	5
CAFF	4
CAFFILA	7
CAFILA	6
CAICCO	6
CAIR	4
CALALOO	7
CALCAR	6
CALCARIA	8
CALCARIC	8
CALCIC	6
CALCIFIC	8
CALCIOL	7
CALF	4
CALICO	6
CALIF	5
CALL	4
CALLA	5
CALLALOO	8
CALLI	5
CALLOO	6
CALO	4
CALORIC	7
CALORIFIC	9	pangram
CARAC	5
CARACAL	7
CARACARA	8
CARACCA	7
CARACOA	7
CARACORA	8
CARF	4
CARIOCA	7
CARL	4
CAROA	5
CAROL	5
CAROLI	6
CARR	4
CARRAO	6
CARRI	5
CARROCCI	^† 8
CARROCCIO	9
CARROCIO	8
CIAO	4
CICALA	6
CIFAL	5
CILIA	^† 5
CILIAL	6
CILIOLA	7
CIRCA	5
CIRCAR	6
CIRRAL	6
CLARO	5
CLOACA	6
CLOACAL	7
COAL	4
COALA	5
COCA	4
COCAL	5
COCCAL	6
COCOA	5
COFACIAL	8
COFOCAL	7
COLA	4
COLICAL	7
COLLA	5
COLLAR	6
COLLOCAL	8
CORAL	5
CORALLA	7
CORCAIR	7
CORIA	5
COROLLA	7
COROLLARIAL	11
COROLLIFLORAL	13	pangram
CORRAL	6
CRAIC	5
CRIA	4
FAAL	4
FACIA	5
FACIAL	6
FAFF	4
FAIL	4
FAIR	4
FALCIAL	7
FALL	4
FALLAL	6
FALLO	5
FALLOFF	* 7
FARARI	6
FARCICAL	8
FARFAL	6
FARFARA	7
FARIO	5
FARL	4
FARO	4
FAROFA	6
FAROFF	* 6
FARRO	5
FIAR	4
FILA	4
FILAR	5
FILARIA	7
FILARIAL	8
FILIAL	6
FILICAL	7
FLAFF	5
FLAIL	5
FLAIR	5
FLICFLAC	8
FLORA	5
FLORAL	6
FOAL	4
FOCACCIA	8
FOCAL	5
FOLAR	5
FOLIA	5
FOLIAL	6
FOLIAR	6
FORA	^† 4
FRAC	4
FRAIL	5
FRIAR	5
ICACO	5
ILALA	5
ILIA	^† 4
ILIAC	5
ILIACAL	7
ILIACI	^† 6
ILIAL	5
ILLICIA	7
IORA	4
LAARI	5
LACCIC	6
LAIC	4
LAICAL	6
LAIR	4
LALL	4
LALO	4
LARF	4
LARI	4
LIAO	4
LIAR	4
LILA	4
LILAC	5
LIRA	4
LOAF	4
LOCA	4
LOCAL	5
LOCALIC	7
LOCAO	5
LOOFA	5
LORAL	5
LORICA	6
OFFAL	5
OFFICIAL	8
OLLA	4
OOAA	4
OORALI	6
OORARI	6
OORIAL	6
ORAL	4
ORARIA	^† 6
ORCA	4
ORIFICAL	8	pangram
ORIFICIAL	9	pangram
OROFACIAL	9	pangram
ORRA	4
RACIAL	6
RACLOIR	7
RAFF	4
RAFFIA	6
RAIL	4
RAILCAR	* 7
RARF	4
RARIORA	7
RIAL	4
RICRAC	6
RIFFRAFF	8
ROAR	4
ROCOA	5
ROLLCALL	* 8
RORAL	5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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