August 11, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 11, 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 . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
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Related puzzles
Center letter I: November 13, 2024Center letter O: February 8, 2023
Center letter D: February 22, 2021
Center letter M: January 30, 2019
words: 108
score: 486 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 1
bingo: yes
D x 20
I x 6
M x 26
O x 4
R x 25
T x 25
Y x 2
4L x 40
5L x 25
6L x 17
7L x 14
8L x 8
9L x 4
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| D | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 20 |
| I | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 6 |
| M | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| O | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| R | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 25 |
| T | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Y | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| tot | 40 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 108 |
| cmp | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| D | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| R | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| T | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| plu | 4 | tot |
| T | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 |
| debut appearances | 0 | |
| newly disallowed words | 1 | torridity |
DORMITORY, IRIDOTOMY, TORYMID
| word | length | |||
| DIRT | 4 | |||
| DIRTY | 5 | |||
| DOOR | 4 | |||
| DORID | 5 | |||
| DORIDID | 7 | |||
| DORM | 4 | |||
| DORMITORY | 9 | pangram | ||
| DORMY | 5 | |||
| DORR | 4 | |||
| DORT | 4 | |||
| DORTOIR | 7 | |||
| DORTY | 5 | |||
| DORY | 4 | |||
| DROID | 5 | |||
| DROIT | 5 | |||
| DROMI | 5 | |||
| DROMIID | 7 | |||
| DROMOI | 6 | |||
| DROTT | 5 | |||
| DRYROT | * 6 | |||
| IDIOTRY | 7 | |||
| IRID | 4 | |||
| IRIDOID | 7 | |||
| IRIDOTOMY | 9 | pangram | ||
| IRMOI | 5 | |||
| IRORI | 5 | |||
| MIDROOT | 7 | |||
| MIRID | 5 | |||
| MIRITI | 6 | |||
| MIRO | 4 | |||
| MIROMIRO | 8 | |||
| MIRROR | 6 | |||
| MIRRORY | 7 | |||
| MIRY | 4 | |||
| MITRID | 6 | |||
| MOMOIR | 6 | |||
| MOODIR | 6 | |||
| MOOR | 4 | |||
| MOORI | 5 | |||
| MOORY | 5 | |||
| MORID | 5 | |||
| MORMYRID | 8 | |||
| MORMYROID | 9 | |||
| MORRO | 5 | |||
| MORROT | 6 | |||
| MORT | 4 | |||
| MORTIDO | 7 | |||
| MORTO | 5 | |||
| MOTOR | 5 | |||
| MOTORDOM | 8 | |||
| MOTORY | 6 | |||
| MYOROD | 6 | |||
| ODOR | 4 | |||
| ORDO | 4 | |||
| ORMYRID | 7 | |||
| OROMOTOR | 8 | |||
| RIDDIM | 6 | |||
| RIDOTTO | 7 | |||
| RIMY | 4 | |||
| RIOT | 4 | |||
| RIOTRY | 6 | |||
| RIRORIRO | 8 | |||
| RITT | 4 | |||
| RIYO | 4 | |||
| RODDY | 5 | |||
| ROID | 4 | |||
| ROOD | 4 | |||
| ROODY | 5 | |||
| ROOM | 4 | |||
| ROOMY | 5 | |||
| ROOT | 4 | |||
| ROOTROT | * 7 | |||
| ROOTY | 5 | |||
| RORT | 4 | |||
| RORTY | 5 | |||
| ROTI | 4 | |||
| ROTO | 4 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| ROTOID | 6 | |||
| ROTOR | 5 | |||
| ROTOTOM | 7 | |||
| RYOT | 4 | |||
| TIRO | 4 | |||
| TIRR | 4 | |||
| TOMMYROT | * 8 | |||
| TORI | † 4 | |||
| TORII | 5 | |||
| TORO | 4 | |||
| TOROID | 6 | |||
| TORR | 4 | |||
| TORRID | 6 | |||
| TORRIDITY | 9 | newly disallowed, allowed elsewhere | ||
| TORT | 4 | |||
| TORY | 4 | |||
| TORYMID | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| TRIIODO | 7 | |||
| TRIM | 4 | |||
| TRIMOTOR | 8 | |||
| TRIO | 4 | |||
| TRIOR | 5 | |||
| TRIT | 4 | |||
| TROD | 4 | |||
| TROT | 4 | |||
| TROTRO | 6 | |||
| TROTTOIR | 8 | |||
| TROY | 4 | |||
| TYRO | 4 | |||
| YIRR | 4 | |||
| YORDIM | 6 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun