October 31, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 31, 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
Identical letters: April 25, 2020Center letter R: November 26, 2019
words: 127
score: 513 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 9
bingo: yes
A x 31
B x 26
C x 20
D x 20
K x 16
R x 5
W x 9
4L x 54
5L x 36
6L x 14
7L x 11
8L x 7
9L x 3
10L x 1
11L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | tot | |
| A | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 31 |
| B | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 26 |
| C | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 20 |
| D | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 20 |
| K | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 16 |
| R | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| W | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| tot | 54 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 127 |
| cmp | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot |
| B | 2 | 2 | - | 4 |
| C | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| D | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| tot | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
BACKWARD, DRAWBACK
| word | length | |||
| ABACA | 5 | |||
| ABACK | 5 | |||
| ABADA | 5 | |||
| ABAKA | 5 | |||
| ABBA | 4 | |||
| ABKAR | 5 | |||
| ABRA | 4 | |||
| ABRACADABRA | 11 | |||
| ABWAB | 5 | |||
| ACADA | 5 | |||
| ACARA | 5 | |||
| ACCA | 4 | |||
| ACCRA | 5 | |||
| ACRA | 4 | |||
| ADAD | 4 | |||
| ADDA | 4 | |||
| ADDRA | 5 | |||
| ADRAD | 5 | |||
| AKARA | 5 | |||
| ARABA | 5 | |||
| ARACA | 5 | |||
| ARAD | 4 | |||
| ARAK | 4 | |||
| ARARA | 5 | |||
| ARBA | 4 | |||
| ARRACK | 6 | |||
| AWARA | 5 | |||
| AWARD | 5 | |||
| AWARRA | 6 | |||
| AWKWARD | 7 | |||
| AWRACK | 6 | |||
| BABA | 4 | |||
| BABKA | 5 | |||
| BACCA | 5 | |||
| BACCARA | 7 | |||
| BACK | 4 | |||
| BACKARARAR | 10 | |||
| BACKARC | * 7 | |||
| BACKCARD | * 8 | |||
| BACKWARD | * 8 | pangram | ||
| BAKA | 4 | |||
| BAKKRA | 6 | |||
| BAKKWA | 6 | |||
| BARA | 4 | |||
| BARB | 4 | |||
| BARBACK | * 7 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| BARD | 4 | |||
| BARK | 4 | |||
| BARKADA | 7 | |||
| BARRA | 5 | |||
| BARRACK | 7 | |||
| BARRAD | 6 | |||
| BAWD | 4 | |||
| BRACK | 5 | |||
| BRAD | 4 | |||
| BRAK | 4 | |||
| BRAW | 4 | |||
| CABA | 4 | |||
| CACA | 4 | |||
| CACK | 4 | |||
| CAKRA | 5 | |||
| CARAC | 5 | |||
| CARACARA | 8 | |||
| CARACCA | 7 | |||
| CARACK | 6 | |||
| CARB | 4 | |||
| CARD | 4 | |||
| CARK | 4 | |||
| CARR | 4 | |||
| CARRACK | 7 | |||
| CAWK | 4 | |||
| CRAB | 4 | |||
| CRACK | 5 | |||
| CRACKBACK | * 9 | |||
| CRAW | 4 | |||
| CRAWDAD | * 7 | |||
| CRAWK | 5 | |||
| DAAD | 4 | |||
| DABBA | 5 | |||
| DACK | 4 | |||
| DADA | 4 | |||
| DADDA | 5 | |||
| DAKKA | 5 | |||
| DARB | 4 | |||
| DARBAR | 6 | |||
| DARK | 4 | |||
| DARR | 4 | |||
| DAWA | 4 | |||
| DAWADAWA | 8 | |||
| DAWK | 4 | |||
| DRAB | 4 | |||
| DRABA | 5 | |||
| DRAW | 4 | |||
| DRAWBACK | * 8 | pangram | ||
| DRAWBAR | * 7 | |||
| DRAWCARD | * 8 | |||
| DRAWK | 5 | |||
| KABAKA | 6 | |||
| KACK | 4 | |||
| KADARKA | 7 | |||
| KAKA | 4 | |||
| KAKAR | 5 | |||
| KAKKAK | 6 | |||
| KARA | 4 | |||
| KARACK | 6 | |||
| KARADA | 6 | |||
| KARAKA | 6 | |||
| KARWA | 5 | |||
| KAWAKA | 6 | |||
| KAWAKAWA | 8 | |||
| KRAAR | 5 | |||
| KRAB | 4 | |||
| KRAR | 4 | |||
| RAAD | 4 | |||
| RABAB | 5 | |||
| RACK | 4 | |||
| RADA | 4 | |||
| RADAR | 5 | |||
| WAAW | 4 | |||
| WACK | 4 | |||
| WADD | 4 | |||
| WAKA | 4 | |||
| WARACABRA | 9 | |||
| WARAKABRA | 9 | |||
| WARD | 4 | |||
| WARK | 4 | |||
| WRACK | 5 |
* compound(ish) word