August 30, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 30, 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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Center letter L: November 12, 2023Center letter M: September 30, 2021
Center letter N: February 16, 2021
words: 118
score: 627 pts
pangrams: 3
compounds: 12
bingo: yes
B x 80
E x 6
I x 5
L x 10
M x 4
N x 9
T x 4
4L x 31
5L x 22
6L x 26
7L x 19
8L x 12
9L x 3
10L x 3
11L x 1
12L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | tot | |
| B | 26 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 80 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| I | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| L | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| M | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| N | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| T | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| tot | 31 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 118 |
| cmp | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| B | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| I | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| L | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| M | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| T | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| tot | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| debut appearances | 4 |
BELEMNITE, BELITTLEMENT, BILIMENT
| word | length | |||
| BEEBEE | * 6 | |||
| BEEL | 4 | |||
| BEELINE | * 7 | |||
| BEEN | 4 | |||
| BEET | 4 | |||
| BEETLE | 6 | |||
| BEIN | 4 | |||
| BELEMNITE | 9 | pangram | ||
| BELIBEL | 7 | |||
| BELIE | 5 | |||
| BELIME | 6 | |||
| BELITTLE | 8 | |||
| BELITTLEMENT | 12 | pangram, debut | ||
| BELL | 4 | |||
| BELLE | 5 | |||
| BELLINI | 7 | |||
| BELLITE | 7 | |||
| BELLMEN | * 7 | |||
| BELT | 4 | |||
| BELTLINE | * 8 | |||
| BELTMEN | * 7 | |||
| BEMEET | 6 | |||
| BEMENTITE | 9 | |||
| BENBEN | 6 | |||
| BENE | 4 | |||
| BENET | 5 | |||
| BENETTLE | 8 | |||
| BENNE | 5 | |||
| BENNET | 6 | |||
| BENNETTITE | 10 | |||
| BENNIE | 6 | |||
| BENT | 4 | |||
| BETE | 4 | |||
| BETEL | 5 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| BETELL | 6 | |||
| BETITLE | 7 | |||
| BIBB | 4 | |||
| BIBBLE | 6 | |||
| BIBE | 4 | |||
| BIBI | 4 | |||
| BIBLE | 5 | |||
| BIEN | 4 | |||
| BILBIE | 6 | |||
| BILE | 4 | |||
| BILETE | 6 | |||
| BILIMBI | 7 | |||
| BILIMENT | 8 | pangram | ||
| BILIN | 5 | |||
| BILINITE | 8 | |||
| BILL | 4 | |||
| BILLET | 6 | |||
| BILLETEE | 8 | |||
| BILLIE | 6 | |||
| BILLIETITE | 10 | |||
| BILLMEN | * 7 | |||
| BIMBETTE | 8 | |||
| BIMBLE | 6 | |||
| BIMINI | 6 | |||
| BINE | 4 | |||
| BINIMETINIB | 11 | |||
| BINIT | 5 | |||
| BINMEN | * 6 | |||
| BINNITE | 7 | |||
| BINT | 4 | |||
| BITE | 4 | |||
| BITEE | 5 | |||
| BITLINE | * 7 | |||
| BITT | 4 | |||
| BITTEN | 6 | |||
| BITTIE | 6 | |||
| BLEB | 4 | |||
| BLEE | 4 | |||
| BLEM | 4 | |||
| BLENT | 5 | |||
| BLET | 4 | |||
| BLIM | 4 | |||
| BLIN | 4 | |||
| BLINI | 5 | |||
| BLIT | 4 | |||
| BLITE | 5 | |||
| EBBET | 5 | |||
| EBENE | 5 | |||
| EBIT | 4 | |||
| EMBELIN | 7 | |||
| EMBLEM | 6 | |||
| EMBLEMENT | 9 | |||
| ILLBIENT | 8 | |||
| IMBE | 4 | |||
| IMBIBE | 6 | debut | ||
| IMBIBEMENT | 10 | |||
| INBENT | * 6 | |||
| LEBEN | 5 | |||
| LEBLEBI | 7 | |||
| LEBNI | 5 | |||
| LIBEL | 5 | |||
| LIBELEE | 7 | |||
| LIBELLE | 7 | |||
| LIBELLEE | 8 | |||
| LIMB | 4 | |||
| LIMBI | 5 | |||
| LIMBLINE | * 8 | |||
| MEBENIL | 7 | |||
| MEBIBIT | 7 | |||
| MILLIBIT | 8 | |||
| MINIBITE | * 8 | |||
| NEBEL | 5 | |||
| NEEB | 4 | |||
| NEEMB | 5 | |||
| NEMBIE | 6 | |||
| NIBBLE | 6 | |||
| NIBLET | 6 | |||
| NIMB | 4 | |||
| NIMBI | 5 | debut | ||
| NIMBLE | 6 | debut | ||
| TEBIBIT | 7 | |||
| TENIBLE | 7 | |||
| TIBET | 5 | |||
| TITBIT | * 6 |
* compound(ish) word