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August 17, 2020 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 17, 2020, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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center letter IABLNPT
Spelling Bee for August 17, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter B: January 15, 2023
Center letter P: April 18, 2020
Center letter T: September 21, 2019
Center letter N: February 28, 2019

words: 35
score: 219 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 4

A x 5
B x 2
I x 2
L x 3
P x 17
T x 6

5L x 14
6L x 10
7L x 7
8L x 3
9L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 3 1 1 - - 5
B 1 - - 1 - 2
I 1 - 1 - - 2
L 2 1 - - - 3
P 4 6 4 2 1 17
T 3 2 1 - - 6
tot 14 10 7 3 1 35

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AL x 1 AP x 1 AT x 3
API x 1
BI x 1 BL x 1
IN x 2
LA x 3
PA x 6 PI x 6 PL x 5
TA x 2 TI x 4

cmp 7 9 tot
P 3 1 4
tot 3 1 4

debut appearances 1
previously disallowed debuts 1

PAINTBALL

word       length      
ALIBI 5
APIAN 5
ATILT 5
ATTAIN 6
ATTAINT 7 disallowed elsewhere
BILABIAL 8
BLINI 5
INAPT 5
INITIAL 7
LABIA 5
LABIAL 6
LANAI 5
PAINT 5
PAINTBALL * 9 pangram
PALATIAL 8
PANINI 6
PAPILLA 7
PATINA 6
PINATA 6
PINBALL * 7
PINTAIL * 7
PIPIT 5
PIPPIN 6
PITAPAT * 7
PLAIN 5
PLAINT 6
PLAIT 5
PLANTAIN 8
PLIANT 6
TAINT 5
TANNIN 6
TIBIA 5
TIBIAL 6
TILAPIA 7
TITAN 5

* compound(ish) word

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