October 23, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 23, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with CH.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter T: January 23, 2024Center letter O: February 26, 2022
Center letter I: March 6, 2021
Center letter C: May 30, 2019
words: 97
score: 468 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 9
plurals: 2
bingo: yes
C x 26
H x 28
I x 2
K x 5
O x 3
P x 20
T x 13
4L x 27
5L x 30
6L x 21
7L x 8
8L x 6
9L x 3
10L x 2
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot | |
| C | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 26 |
| H | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 28 |
| I | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| K | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| O | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| P | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| T | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 13 |
| tot | 27 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 97 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| CH x 22 | CO x 4 | ||
| CHI x 13 | CHO x 9 | ||
| HI x 8 | HO x 20 | ||
| IC x 1 | IT x 1 | ||
| KI x 2 | KO x 3 | ||
| OC x 1 | OO x 1 | OP x 1 | |
| PH x 9 | PI x 6 | PO x 5 | |
| TC x 1 | TH x 4 | TI x 3 | TO x 5 |
| cmp | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot |
| H | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 |
| P | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| T | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| plu | 6 | 7 | tot |
| K | - | 1 | 1 |
| P | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 2 |
PICKTOOTH, TOOTHPICK
| word | length | |||
| CHIC | 4 | |||
| CHICH | 5 | |||
| CHICHI | 6 | |||
| CHICK | 5 | |||
| CHICO | 5 | |||
| CHICOT | 6 | |||
| CHIK | 4 | |||
| CHIKOO | 6 | |||
| CHIP | 4 | |||
| CHIT | 4 | |||
| CHITHI | 6 | |||
| CHITTHI | 7 | |||
| CHITTI | 6 | |||
| CHOCHO | 6 | |||
| CHOCK | 5 | |||
| CHOKO | 5 | |||
| CHOOCH | 6 | |||
| CHOOCHOO | 8 | |||
| CHOOK | 5 | |||
| CHOP | 4 | |||
| CHOTKI | 6 | |||
| CHOTT | 5 | |||
| COHO | 4 | |||
| COOCH | 5 | |||
| COOTCH | 6 | |||
| COTCH | 5 | |||
| HICK | 4 | |||
| HICKOCK | 7 | |||
| HIKOI | 5 | |||
| HIPHOP | * 6 | |||
| HIPPIC | 6 | |||
| HIPPO | 5 | |||
| HIPTOP | * 6 | |||
| HITCH | 5 | |||
| HOCCO | 5 | |||
| HOCK | 4 | |||
| HOICK | 5 | |||
| HOIHO | 5 | |||
| HOIK | 4 | |||
| HOIT | 4 | |||
| HOKI | 4 | |||
| HOOCH | 5 | |||
| HOOK | 4 | |||
| HOOKTIP | * 7 | |||
| HOOKTOP | * 7 | |||
| HOOP | 4 | |||
| HOOT | 4 | |||
| HOOTCH | 6 | |||
| HOPPO | 5 | |||
| HOTCH | 5 | |||
| HOTCHPOT | * 8 | |||
| HOTCHPOTCH | 10 | |||
| HOTPOT | * 6 | |||
| HOTT | 4 | |||
| ICHTHIC | 7 | |||
| ITCH | 4 | |||
| KIPPOTH | † 7 | |||
| KITH | 4 | |||
| KOKIHI | 6 | |||
| KOPH | 4 | |||
| KOTHI | 5 | |||
| OCCHIO | 6 | |||
| OOCH | 4 | |||
| OPHITIC | 7 | |||
| PHOH | 4 | |||
| PHOO | 4 | |||
| PHOT | 4 | |||
| PHOTIC | 6 | |||
| PHOTO | 5 | |||
| PHOTOCHOP | 9 | |||
| PHOTOPIC | 8 | |||
| PHOTOTOPIC | 10 | |||
| PHTHITIC | 8 | |||
| PICHI | 5 | |||
| PICKTOOTH | * 9 | pangram | ||
| PIHOIHOI | 8 | |||
| PITCH | 5 | |||
| PITH | 4 | |||
| PITHOI | † 6 | |||
| POOCH | 5 | |||
| POOH | 4 | |||
| POOHPOOH | 8 | |||
| POTCH | 5 | |||
| POTHOOK | * 7 | |||
| TCHICK | 6 | |||
| THICK | 5 | |||
| THICKO | 6 | |||
| THIOIC | 6 | |||
| THOCK | 5 | |||
| TICH | 4 | |||
| TITCH | 5 | |||
| TITHI | 5 | |||
| TOHO | 4 | |||
| TOOTH | 5 | |||
| TOOTHPICK | * 9 | pangram | ||
| TOPH | 4 | |||
| TOPHI | 5 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun