Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
December 20, 2019 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 20, 2019, 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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center letter TDGHORU
Spelling Bee for December 20, 2019

Related puzzles
Center letter U: June 22, 2020
Center letter O: December 1, 2018

words: 88
score: 345 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 17
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

D x 13
G x 6
H x 7
O x 11
R x 11
T x 39
U x 1

4L x 39
5L x 19
6L x 15
7L x 10
8L x 3
10L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 10 tot
D 4 2 3 3 1 - 13
G 4 1 1 - - - 6
H 4 - 3 - - - 7
O 1 6 - 3 - 1 11
R 5 2 2 1 1 - 11
T 20 8 6 3 1 1 39
U 1 - - - - - 1
tot 39 19 15 10 3 2 88

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
DO x 9 DR x 3 DU x 1
GO x 2 GR x 3 GU x 1
HO x 6 HU x 1
OR x 2 OT x 1 OU x 8
RO x 10 RU x 1
TH x 11 TO x 13 TR x 11 TU x 4
UR x 1

cmp 4 5 6 7 8 10 tot
D - - 1 1 1 - 3
H - - 2 - - - 2
O - 2 - 3 - 1 6
R - - 1 1 1 - 3
T 1 - - 1 - 1 3
tot 1 2 4 6 2 2 17

DROUGHT

word       length      
OUTTHOUGHT * 10
THROUGHOUT * 10
DOGTOOTH * 8
ROUGHOUT * 8
THOROUGH 8
DOGTROT * 7
DORTOUR 7
DROUGHT 7 perfect pangram
OUTDOOR * 7
OUTROOT * 7
OUTTROT * 7
ROOTROT * 7
THOUGHT 7
THROUGH 7
THRUOUT * 7
DOUGHT 6
DROUTH 6
DUGOUT * 6
GROTTO 6
HOTDOG * 6
HOTROD * 6 allowed elsewhere
HOUTOU 6
ROTGUT * 6
ROUGHT 6
THOUGH 6
TOGROG 6
TOROTH 6
TROTRO 6
TROUGH 6
TURGOR 6
DOUTH 5
DROTT 5
GROUT 5
ORTHO 5
ORUTU 5
OUGHT 5
OUTDO * 5
OUTGO * 5
OUTRO 5
ROTOR 5
ROUTH 5
THORO 5
TOOTH 5
TOUGH 5
TROTH 5
TROUT 5
TRUGG 5
TRUTH 5
TUTOR 5
DOOT 4
DORT 4
DOTH 4
DOUT 4
GOTH 4
GOUT 4
GROT 4
GURT 4
HOOT 4
HOTR 4
HOTT 4
HURT 4
OTTO 4
ROOT 4
RORT 4
ROTO 4 disallowed elsewhere
ROUT 4
RUTH 4
THOU 4
THRU 4
THUD 4
THUG 4
TODO * 4
TOHO 4
TOOT 4
TORO 4
TORR 4
TORT 4
TOTO 4
TOUR 4
TOUT 4
TROD 4
TROG 4
TROT 4
TROU 4
TRUG 4
TURD 4
TUTU 4
URUT 4

* compound(ish) word

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