October 30, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

October 30, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 30, 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 30, 2020

Related puzzles

Center letter Y: October 12, 2023
Center letter R: November 19, 2021
Center letter R: April 29, 2019

words: 172
score: 799 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

A x 35
F x 47
I x 12
L x 16
M x 38
R x 16
Y x 8

4L x 57
5L x 44
6L x 30
7L x 17
8L x 14
9L x 4
10L x 5
11L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	8	6	13	4	1	2	1	-	35
F	9	13	8	8	7	-	2	-	47
I	6	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	12
L	9	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	16
M	10	12	2	4	5	2	2	1	38
R	9	2	4	-	1	-	-	-	16
Y	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
tot	57	44	30	17	14	4	5	1	172

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	7	8	tot
A	2	-	2
F	-	1	1
tot	2	1	3

plu	4	5	tot
A	-	1	1
I	1	-	1
tot	1	1	2

FAMILIARLY, FRAMILY

word	length
MAMMILLARIA	11
ARMILLARIA	10
FAMILIALLY	10
FAMILIARLY	10	pangram
MALARIALLY	10
MAMMILLARY	10
ALFILARIA	9
ARMILLARY	9
MAMILLARY	9
MILIARIAL	9
ARILLARY	8
FAIRYFLY	* 8
FAMILIAL	8
FAMILIAR	8
FARARIYA	8
FILARIAL	8
FILIALLY	8
FLIMFLAM	8
MALARIAL	8
MAMILLAR	8
MAMMILLA	8
MILIARIA	8
MILLIARY	8
RIFFRAFF	8
AIRFALL	* 7
AIRMAIL	* 7
ARMARIA	7
ARMILLA	7
FAIRILY	7
FAMILIA	7
FILARIA	7
FILMIFY	7
FILMILY	7
FRAILLY	7	allowed elsewhere
FRAMILY	7	perfect pangram
FRIARLY	7
LARIMAR	7
MALARIA	7
MAMILLA	7
MIFFILY	7
MILIARY	7
AFFAIR	6
AFFIRM	6
AIMARA	6
AIRIFY	6
AIRILY	6
ALALIA	6
ALFAIA	6
ALMAMI	6
AMIMIA	6
ARALIA	6
ARIARY	6
ARILLI	6
ARMILL	6
FAIRLY	6
FAMILY	6
FARARI	6
FARIMA	6
FILIAL	6
FIRMLY	6
FRIARY	6
FRILLY	6
IFFILY	6
LAMRIM	6
LIMAIL	6
MAFIYA	6
MILLIM	6
RAFFIA	6
RAMIFY	6
RARIFY	6
RIFFLY	6
AALII	5
ALFIL	5
ALIYA	5
AMARI	^† 5
AMIRA	5
ARMIL	5
FAIRY	5
FAMIL	5
FILAR	5
FILLY	5
FILMI	5
FILMY	5
FIRRY	5
FLAIL	5
FLAIR	5
FRAIL	5
FRAIM	5
FRIAR	5
FRILL	5
ILALA	5
ILAMA	5
ILIAL	5
IMALA	5
IMARI	5
LAARI	5
LAIRY	5
LAMIA	5
LIMMA	5
MAFIA	5
MAILY	5
MALAI	5
MALIA	5
MARAI	5
MARIA	5
MARIL	5
MARRI	5
MIFFY	5
MILIA	5
MIRAA	5
MIRLY	5
RIFFY	5
RIYAL	5
YARRI	5
YIFFY	5
AIRY	4
ALIF	4
ALIM	4
AMIA	4
AMIL	4
AMIR	4
ARIA	4
ARIL	4
FAIL	4
FAIR	4
FIAR	4
FIFI	4
FILA	4
FILL	4
FILM	4
FIRM	4
FRIM	4
IFFY	4
IFIL	4
ILIA	^† 4
ILLY	4
IMAM	4
IMMY	4
LAIR	4
LARI	4
LIAR	4
LILA	4
LILL	4
LILY	4
LIMA	4
LIMY	4
LIRA	4
MAIL	4
MAIM	4
MAIR	4
MALI	4
MAMI	4
MIAI	4
MIFF	4
MILF	4
MILL	4
MIRY	4
RAIL	4
RAIM	4
RAMI	4
RIAL	4
RIFF	4
RILL	4
RILY	4
RIMA	4
RIMY	4
YAIR	4
YALI	4
YARI	4
YIFF	4
YILL	4
YIRR	4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

AA x 1	AF x 2	AI x 6	AL x 8	AM x 6	AR x 12
FA x 16	FI x 18	FL x 3	FR x 10
IF x 3	IL x 5	IM x 4
LA x 7	LI x 9
MA x 23	MI x 15
RA x 6	RI x 10
YA x 4	YI x 4

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