December 4, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 4, 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 A: June 27, 2023Center letter Y: August 16, 2018
words: 113
score: 520 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 2
compounds: 25
bingo: yes
A x 12
D x 50
K x 9
O x 6
R x 13
W x 20
Y x 3
4L x 41
5L x 33
6L x 7
7L x 17
8L x 11
9L x 3
10L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot | |
| A | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 12 |
| D | 20 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 50 |
| K | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 9 |
| O | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| R | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 13 |
| W | 6 | 4 | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 20 |
| Y | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| tot | 41 | 33 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 113 |
| cmp | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot |
| A | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| D | 5 | 2 | - | 7 |
| O | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| R | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| W | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Y | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 13 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| debut appearances | 2 |
| newly reallowed words | 1 |
DAYWORK, WORKADAY, WORKDAY, YARDWORK
| word | length | |||
| ADAD | 4 | |||
| ADDA | 4 | |||
| ADDRA | 5 | |||
| ADDY | 4 | |||
| ADRAD | 5 | |||
| ARAD | 4 | |||
| ARDOR | 5 | |||
| ARROWWOOD | * 9 | |||
| ARROWWORD | * 9 | |||
| AWARD | 5 | |||
| AWAYDAY | * 7 | |||
| AWKWARD | 7 | |||
| DAAD | 4 | |||
| DADA | 4 | |||
| DADDA | 5 | |||
| DADDY | 5 | |||
| DADO | 4 | |||
| DAKKA | 5 | |||
| DARDY | 5 | |||
| DARK | 4 | |||
| DARR | 4 | |||
| DAWA | 4 | |||
| DAWADAWA | 8 | |||
| DAWK | 4 | |||
| DAYWARD | * 7 | |||
| DAYWORK | * 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| DODAD | 5 | |||
| DODD | 4 | |||
| DODDARD | 7 | |||
| DODDY | 5 | |||
| DODO | 4 | |||
| DOKDA | 5 | |||
| DOKKA | 5 | |||
| DOOD | 4 | |||
| DOODAD | 6 | |||
| DOODOO | 6 | |||
| DOODY | 5 | |||
| DOOK | 4 | |||
| DOOKY | 5 | |||
| DOOR | 4 | |||
| DOORWARD | * 8 | |||
| DOORWAY | * 7 | |||
| DOORYARD | * 8 | newly reallowed | ||
| DORAD | 5 | |||
| DORADO | 6 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| DORK | 4 | |||
| DORKWAD | * 7 | |||
| DORKY | 5 | |||
| DORR | 4 | |||
| DORY | 4 | |||
| DOWD | 4 | |||
| DOWDY | 5 | |||
| DOWRY | 5 | |||
| DOYRA | 5 | |||
| DRAW | 4 | |||
| DRAWK | 5 | |||
| DRAWROD | * 7 | |||
| DRAY | 4 | |||
| DROOK | 5 | |||
| DROW | 4 | |||
| DRYAD | 5 | |||
| DYAD | 4 | |||
| KADARKA | 7 | |||
| KADY | 4 | |||
| KARADA | 6 | |||
| KODAK | 5 | |||
| KODAKRY | 7 | |||
| KODKOD | 6 | |||
| KODO | 4 | |||
| KOKODA | 6 | |||
| KOODOO | 6 | |||
| OAKWOOD | * 7 | |||
| ODOR | 4 | |||
| OKADA | 5 | |||
| ORAD | 4 | |||
| ORDA | 4 | |||
| ORDO | 4 | |||
| RAAD | 4 | |||
| RADA | 4 | |||
| RADAR | 5 | |||
| ROAD | 4 | |||
| ROADWAY | * 7 | |||
| ROADWORK | * 8 | debut | ||
| RODDY | 5 | |||
| RODWORK | * 7 | |||
| ROOD | 4 | |||
| ROODY | 5 | |||
| ROWDY | 5 | |||
| ROWDYDOW | 8 | |||
| ROWDYDOWDY | 10 | |||
| WADD | 4 | |||
| WADDY | 5 | |||
| WADDYWOOD | * 9 | |||
| WARD | 4 | |||
| WARWOOD | * 7 | |||
| WAYWARD | * 7 | |||
| WOAD | 4 | |||
| WOADY | 5 | |||
| WOOD | 4 | |||
| WOODWARD | * 8 | |||
| WOODWAY | * 7 | |||
| WOODWORK | * 8 | debut | ||
| WOODY | 5 | |||
| WOODYARD | * 8 | |||
| WORD | 4 | |||
| WORDY | 5 | |||
| WORKADAY | * 8 | pangram | ||
| WORKDAY | * 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| WORKWORD | * 8 | |||
| WYRD | 4 | |||
| YADDA | 5 | |||
| YARD | 4 | |||
| YARDWORK | * 8 | pangram |
* compound(ish) word