May 14, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 14, 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 N: December 11, 2023Center letter L: November 6, 2021
Center letter Y: April 10, 2019
Center letter D: July 9, 2018
words: 116
score: 489 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 2
plurals: 0
bingo: yes
A x 23
D x 20
L x 13
N x 7
R x 29
U x 14
Y x 10
4L x 41
5L x 39
6L x 15
7L x 15
8L x 3
9L x 3
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| A | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| D | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| L | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 13 |
| N | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| R | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 29 |
| U | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 14 |
| Y | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 10 |
| tot | 41 | 39 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 116 |
| cmp | 7 | 8 | tot |
| D | 1 | - | 1 |
| Y | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| debut appearances | 0 | |
| newly disallowed words | 1 | lunular |
LAUNDRY
| word | length | |||
| ADDRA | 5 | |||
| ADRAD | 5 | |||
| ALAR | 4 | |||
| ALARY | 5 | |||
| ALULAR | 6 | |||
| ANNUARY | 7 | |||
| ANNULAR | 7 | |||
| ANNULARLY | 9 | |||
| ANNULARY | 8 | |||
| ANURAN | 6 | |||
| ANURY | 5 | |||
| ARAD | 4 | |||
| ARARA | 5 | |||
| ARNA | 4 | |||
| ARRAY | 5 | |||
| ARRAYAL | 7 | |||
| ARURA | 5 | |||
| ARYL | 4 | |||
| AURA | 4 | |||
| AURAL | 5 | |||
| AURALLY | 7 | |||
| AURAR | 5 | |||
| AYRAN | 5 | |||
| DARDY | 5 | |||
| DARN | 4 | |||
| DARR | 4 | |||
| DARUAN | 6 | |||
| DAUR | 4 | |||
| DRAY | 4 | |||
| DRAYDL | 6 | |||
| DRYAD | 5 | |||
| DRYANDRA | 8 | |||
| DRYLAND | * 7 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| DRYLY | 5 | |||
| DUAR | 4 | |||
| DULLARD | 7 | |||
| DULLARDLY | 9 | |||
| DULLARDRY | 9 | |||
| DURA | 4 | |||
| DURAL | 5 | |||
| DURN | 4 | |||
| DURRA | 5 | |||
| DURRY | 5 | |||
| LANARY | 6 | |||
| LANYARD | 7 | |||
| LARD | 4 | |||
| LARDY | 5 | |||
| LARRY | 5 | |||
| LAUNDRY | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| LAURA | 5 | |||
| LAURYL | 6 | |||
| LUNAR | 5 | |||
| LUNARY | 6 | |||
| LUNULAR | 7 | newly disallowed | ||
| LURRY | 5 | |||
| LYRA | 4 | |||
| NARD | 4 | |||
| NARRA | 5 | |||
| NARY | 4 | |||
| NULLAR | 6 | |||
| NULLARY | 7 | |||
| NURD | 4 | |||
| NURDY | 5 | |||
| RAAD | 4 | |||
| RADA | 4 | |||
| RADAR | 5 | |||
| RADULA | 6 | |||
| RADULAR | 7 | |||
| RALLY | 5 | |||
| RAND | 4 | |||
| RANDAN | 6 | |||
| RANDY | 5 | |||
| RANN | 4 | |||
| RANNY | 5 | |||
| RANULA | 6 | |||
| RAUN | 4 | |||
| RAYA | 4 | |||
| RUAN | 4 | |||
| RUANA | 5 | |||
| RUDD | 4 | |||
| RUDDY | 5 | |||
| RUDY | 4 | |||
| RULLY | 5 | |||
| RULY | 4 | |||
| RUND | 4 | |||
| RUNN | 4 | |||
| RUNNY | 5 | |||
| RURAL | 5 | |||
| RURALLY | 7 | |||
| RURU | 4 | |||
| RYAL | 4 | |||
| RYND | 4 | |||
| ULNAR | 5 | |||
| UNARY | 5 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| UNDRY | 5 | |||
| UNDULAR | 7 | |||
| UNRANDY | 7 | |||
| UNRULY | 6 | |||
| UNRUN | 5 | |||
| UNYARD | 6 | |||
| URAD | 4 | |||
| URANYL | 6 | |||
| URDY | 4 | |||
| URNA | 4 | |||
| URRY | 4 | |||
| URUNDAY | 7 | |||
| YAAR | 4 | |||
| YARAY | 5 | |||
| YARD | 4 | |||
| YARDLAND | * 8 | |||
| YARL | 4 | |||
| YARN | 4 | |||
| YARNY | 5 | |||
| YARR | 4 | |||
| YARRAN | 6 | |||
| YURLA | 5 |
* compound(ish) word