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
November 12, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from November 12, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with DI.


Instructions

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center letter LACDITW
Spelling Bee for November 12, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter C: November 2, 2022
Center letter T: October 6, 2021
Center letter A: June 5, 2018

words: 136
score: 600 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 2
compounds: 6
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

A x 18
C x 27
D x 19
I x 15
L x 21
T x 20
W x 16

4L x 48
5L x 35
6L x 29
7L x 13
8L x 7
9L x 1
10L x 1
11L x 1
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 4 6 6 1 - - - - 1 18
C 7 5 8 4 1 1 - 1 - 27
D 6 7 2 - 3 - 1 - - 19
I 3 5 3 4 - - - - - 15
L 9 4 6 2 - - - - - 21
T 9 6 4 - 1 - - - - 20
W 10 2 - 2 2 - - - - 16
tot 48 35 29 13 7 1 1 1 1 136

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AC x 1 AI x 1 AL x 10 AT x 4 AW x 1
CA x 12 CI x 5 CL x 10
DA x 11 DI x 7 DW x 1
DIA x 2 DIC x 1 DID x 1 DIL x 2 DIT x 1
IC x 1 ID x 1 IL x 11 IT x 2
LA x 13 LI x 8
TA x 9 TI x 7 TW x 4
WA x 8 WI x 8

cmp 6 7 tot
C - 4 4
I 1 - 1
W - 1 1
tot 1 5 6

plu 4 5 6 tot
C - 1 - 1
I 1 - 1 2
T 1 - - 1
tot 2 1 1 4

CLITWAD, WILDCAT

word       length      
ACATALLACTIC 12
CATALLACTIC 11
DIDACTICAL 10
CATALATIC 9
CALCITIC 8
DALADALA 8
DALATIID 8
DICALCIC 8
TACTICAL 8
WILIWILI 8
WILLIWAW 8
ALACTIC 7
CATCALL * 7
CATCLAW * 7
CATTAIL * 7
CLITWAD * 7 perfect pangram
ILIACAL 7
ILLICIA 7
ILLICIT 7
ILLITIC 7
LATITAT 7
LATITIC 7
WILDCAT * 7 perfect pangram
WITWALL 7
ALALIA 6
ALALIC 6
ALCAIC 6
ALCAID 6
ATLATL 6
ATTILA 6
CALCIC 6
CALLID 6
CICALA 6
CILIAL 6
CLADAL 6
CLADIC 6
CLIDAL 6
CLITIC 6
DALAAL 6
DIALID 6
ILIACI  6
ILLLIT * 6
ITALIC 6
LACCIC 6
LACTIC 6
LAICAL 6
LATIID 6
LILIID 6
LIWIID 6
TALLAT 6
TALLIT 6 allowed elsewhere
TILAWA 6
TWILIT 6
AALII 5
AILLT 5
ALALA 5
ALCID 5
ATALL 5
ATILT 5
CALLA 5
CALLI 5
CILIA  5
CITAL 5
CLADI 5
DALAL 5
DALCA 5
DATAL 5
DATIL 5
DILAL 5
DITAL 5
DWAAL 5
ICTAL 5
ILALA 5
ILIAC 5
ILIAD 5 disallowed elsewhere
ILIAL 5
LATID 5
LICIT 5
LILAC 5
LITAI 5
TALLA 5
TICAL 5
TIDAL 5
TILIA 5
TWILL 5
TWILT 5
WALIA 5
WALLA 5
ALIT 4
ALTA 4
ALTI 4
AWDL 4
CALL 4
CAWL 4
CILL 4
CLAD 4
CLAT 4
CLAW 4
CLIT 4
DAAL 4
DALA 4
DALI 4
DALL 4
DIAL 4
DILL 4
IDLI 4
ILIA  4
ITAL 4
LAIC 4
LAID 4
LAIT 4
LALL 4
LATA 4
LATI 4
LILA 4
LILL 4
LILT 4
TAIL 4
TALA 4
TALC 4
TALI  4
TALL 4
TILI 4
TILL 4
TILT 4
TWAL 4
WAIL 4
WALD 4
WALI 4
WALL 4
WALT 4
WAWL 4
WILA 4
WILD 4
WILL 4
WILT 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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