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 IC.

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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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Center letter I: May 6, 2023
Center letter F: October 11, 2021

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

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

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AA x 1	AC x 12	AF x 5	AI x 5	AL x 21	AR x 15
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
ICA 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

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