December 12, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 12, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with HO.
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 G: January 25, 2023Center letter H: December 19, 2021
Center letter R: September 9, 2018
words: 141
score: 565 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 16
bingo: yes
B x 42
G x 17
H x 13
O x 15
R x 17
T x 36
U x 1
4L x 57
5L x 38
6L x 26
7L x 11
8L x 5
9L x 2
10L x 2
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot | |
| B | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 42 |
| G | 10 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 17 |
| H | 8 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 13 |
| O | 3 | 5 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| R | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 17 |
| T | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 36 |
| U | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 57 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 141 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| BO x 25 | BR x 9 | BU x 8 | |||
| GO x 12 | GR x 4 | GU x 1 | |||
| HO x 12 | HU x 1 | ||||
| HOB x 1 | HOG x 3 | HOO x 1 | HOR x 2 | HOT x 2 | HOU x 3 |
| OB x 1 | OG x 1 | OR x 2 | OT x 1 | OU x 10 | |
| RH x 1 | RO x 14 | RU x 2 | |||
| TH x 10 | TO x 13 | TR x 7 | TU x 6 | ||
| UG x 1 |
| cmp | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot |
| B | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| H | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| R | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| T | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| tot | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
BROUGHT
| word | length | |||
| BOBO | 4 | |||
| BOGGO | 5 | |||
| BOHO | 4 | |||
| BOHR | 4 | |||
| BOOB | 4 | |||
| BOOBOO | 6 | |||
| BOOHOO | 6 | |||
| BOOR | 4 | |||
| BOORT | 5 | |||
| BOORU | 5 | |||
| BOOT | 4 | |||
| BOOTH | 5 | |||
| BORBORBOR | 9 | |||
| BORGO | 5 | |||
| BORO | 4 | |||
| BOROUGH | 7 | |||
| BORT | 4 | |||
| BOTH | 4 | |||
| BOTO | 4 | |||
| BOTT | 4 | |||
| BOUBOU | 6 | |||
| BOUGH | 5 | |||
| BOUGHT | 6 | |||
| BOURG | 5 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| BOUT | 4 | |||
| BROB | 4 | |||
| BROG | 4 | |||
| BROGH | 5 | |||
| BROHUG | * 6 | |||
| BROO | 4 | |||
| BROOGH | 6 | |||
| BROTH | 5 | |||
| BROUGH | 6 | |||
| BROUGHT | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| BUBO | 4 | |||
| BUGOUT | * 6 | |||
| BURBOT | 6 | |||
| BURGOO | 6 | |||
| BURGOUT | 7 | |||
| BURO | 4 | |||
| BURRO | 5 | |||
| BUTOH | 5 | |||
| GOBBO | 5 | |||
| GOBO | 4 | |||
| GOGO | 4 | |||
| GOOB | 4 | |||
| GOOG | 4 | |||
| GOOGOB | 6 | |||
| GOOGOO | 6 | |||
| GOOR | 4 | |||
| GORRU | 5 | |||
| GOTH | 4 | |||
| GOUR | 4 | |||
| GOUT | 4 | |||
| GROG | 4 | |||
| GROT | 4 | |||
| GROTTO | 6 | |||
| GROUT | 5 | |||
| GUROO | 5 | |||
| HOBO | 4 | |||
| HOGG | 4 | |||
| HOGO | 4 | |||
| HOGTUB | * 6 | |||
| HOOT | 4 | |||
| HORO | 4 | |||
| HORROR | 6 | |||
| HOTR | 4 | |||
| HOTT | 4 | |||
| HOUGH | 5 | |||
| HOUR | 4 | |||
| HOUTOU | 6 | |||
| HUBBUBOO | 8 | |||
| OBBO | 4 | |||
| OGOGORO | 7 | |||
| ORTHO | 5 | |||
| ORUTU | 5 | |||
| OTTO | 4 | |||
| OUGH | 4 | |||
| OUGHT | 5 | |||
| OUTBOUGHT | * 9 | |||
| OUTBUTT | * 7 | |||
| OUTGO | * 5 | |||
| OUTRO | 5 | |||
| OUTROOT | * 7 | |||
| OUTTHOUGHT | * 10 | |||
| OUTTHROB | * 8 | |||
| OUTTROT | * 7 | |||
| RHOB | 4 | |||
| ROBOT | 5 | |||
| ROHOB | 5 | |||
| ROHU | 4 | |||
| ROOT | 4 | |||
| ROOTROT | * 7 | |||
| RORT | 4 | |||
| ROTGUT | * 6 | |||
| ROTO | 4 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| ROTOR | 5 | |||
| ROUGH | 5 | |||
| ROUGHOUT | * 8 | |||
| ROUGHT | 6 | |||
| ROUT | 4 | |||
| ROUTH | 5 | |||
| RUBOR | 5 | |||
| RUBOUT | * 6 | |||
| THORO | 5 | |||
| THOROUGH | 8 | |||
| THOU | 4 | |||
| THOUB | 5 | |||
| THOUGH | 6 | |||
| THOUGHT | 7 | |||
| THROB | 5 | |||
| THROUGH | 7 | |||
| THROUGHOUT | * 10 | |||
| THRUOUT | * 7 | |||
| TOGROG | 6 | |||
| TOHO | 4 | |||
| TOHUBOHU | 8 | |||
| TOOT | 4 | |||
| TOOTH | 5 | |||
| TORO | 4 | |||
| TOROTH | 6 | |||
| TORR | 4 | |||
| TORT | 4 | |||
| TOTO | 4 | |||
| TOUGH | 5 | |||
| TOUR | 4 | |||
| TOUT | 4 | |||
| TROG | 4 | |||
| TROT | 4 | |||
| TROTH | 5 | |||
| TROTRO | 6 | |||
| TROU | 4 | |||
| TROUGH | 6 | |||
| TROUT | 5 | |||
| TUBBO | 5 | |||
| TUBOG | 5 | |||
| TURBO | 5 | |||
| TURBOT | 6 | |||
| TURGOR | 6 | |||
| TUTOR | 5 | |||
| UGGO | 4 |
* compound(ish) word