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April 21, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from April 21, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AR.


Instructions

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center letter DABIJLR
Spelling Bee for April 21, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter R: February 28, 2023
Center letter A: May 26, 2019
Center letter L: December 30, 2018

words: 120
score: 550 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 5
bingo: yes

A x 17
B x 26
D x 39
I x 7
J x 5
L x 11
R x 15

4L x 37
5L x 34
6L x 24
7L x 9
8L x 15
9L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 4 9 1 - 3 - 17
B 6 4 7 2 6 1 26
D 17 10 7 4 1 - 39
I 2 1 1 3 - - 7
J 2 2 - - 1 - 5
L 2 4 3 - 2 - 11
R 4 4 5 - 2 - 15
tot 37 34 24 9 15 1 120

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 4 AD x 6 AI x 1 AR x 6
ARA x 2 ARD x 1 ARI x 2 ARR x 1
BA x 12 BI x 7 BL x 1 BR x 6
DA x 22 DI x 11 DR x 6
IB x 1 ID x 1 IL x 2 IR x 3
JA x 3 JI x 2
LA x 7 LI x 4
RA x 13 RI x 2

cmp 5 7 8 tot
A 1 - - 1
B - 1 - 1
J - - 1 1
L - - 1 1
R - - 1 1
tot 1 1 3 5

JAILBIRD

word       length      
ABADA 5
ABDAL 5
ABJAD 5
ABRADIAL 8
ADAD 4
ADDA 4
ADDRA 5
ADLIB * 5
ADRAD 5
ADRADIAL 8
AIDID 5
ARAD 4
ARADID 6
ARDRI 5
ARID 4
ARIID 5
ARRIBADA 8
BABILLARD 9
BADLA 5
BAIRDI 6
BAJADA 6
BALBARID 8
BALD 4
BALDRIB * 7
BALLAD 6
BARADARI 8
BARD 4
BARRAD 6
BARRIADA 8
BIDAR 5
BIDI 4
BILLARD 7
BILLIARD 8
BIRADARI 8
BIRADIAL 8 allowed elsewhere
BIRD 4
BLAD 4
BRAD 4
BRAID 5
BRAIRD 6
BRIARD 6
BRIDAL 6
BRIDI 5
DAAD 4
DAAL 4
DABBA 5
DADA 4
DADAJI 6
DADDA 5
DAIRA 5
DAIRID 6
DAJID 5
DAJJAAL 7
DAJJAL 6
DALA 4
DALAAL 6
DALADALA 8
DALAL 5
DALI 4
DALL 4
DARB 4
DARBAR 6
DARBARI 7
DARI 4
DARR 4
DIAD 4
DIAL 4
DIALID 6
DIARIAL 7
DIDI 4
DIDJA 5
DILAL 5
DILARID 7
DILL 4
DIRA 4
DIRL 4
DRAB 4
DRABA 5
DRAIL 5
DRIB 4
DRILID 6
DRILL 5
IBALIID 7
IDLI 4
ILARIID 7
ILIAD 5 disallowed elsewhere
IRID 4
IRIDAL 6
IRIDIAL 7
JAADI 5
JADI 4
JAILBIRD * 8 pangram
JILDI 5
JIRD 4
LABIID 6
LABRID 6
LAID 4
LAIRD 5
LARD 4
LARDBALL * 8
LARID 5
LIARD 5
LIBIDIBI 8
LIDAR 5
LILIID 6
RAAD 4
RABADI 6
RABID 5
RADA 4
RADAR 5
RADIAD 6
RADIAL 6
RADIALIA 8
RADII 5
RAID 4
RAILBIRD * 8
RAJID 5
RALLID 6
RIAD 4
RIBALD 6

* compound(ish) word

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