December 19, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 19, 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.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter M: October 6, 2022Center letter A: March 5, 2020
Center letter R: January 20, 2019
words: 162
score: 878 pts
pangrams: 6
compounds: 12
bingo: yes
A x 20
L x 10
M x 35
N x 50
O x 6
P x 35
R x 6
4L x 42
5L x 32
6L x 32
7L x 29
8L x 13
9L x 9
10L x 3
11L x 1
13L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | tot | |
| A | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 20 |
| L | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| M | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 35 |
| N | 14 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 50 |
| O | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| P | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 35 |
| R | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| tot | 42 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 162 |
| cmp | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| M | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| O | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 |
| P | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| tot | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| debut appearances | 0 | |
| newly disallowed words | 1 | propanol |
MONOPLANAR, MONOPOLAR, NONPALMAR, NONPARANORMAL, PARANORMAL, PRONORMAL
* compound(ish) word