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August 12, 2020 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 12, 2020, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter OABELPT
Spelling Bee for August 12, 2020

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Center letter B: August 23, 2024

words: 69
score: 242 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 4
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

A x 7
B x 21
E x 1
L x 9
O x 4
P x 14
T x 13

4L x 36
5L x 11
6L x 19
7L x 1
8L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 3 3 1 - - 7
B 10 3 8 - - 21
E - 1 - - - 1
L 6 1 2 - - 9
O 3 - 1 - - 4
P 9 1 3 1 - 14
T 5 2 4 - 2 13
tot 36 11 19 1 2 69

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 1 AL x 3 AP x 1 AT x 2
BA x 2 BE x 1 BL x 5 BO x 13
EL x 1
LA x 1 LO x 8
OB x 2 OL x 1 OP x 1
PE x 1 PL x 2 PO x 11
TA x 3 TE x 2 TO x 8

cmp 6 8 tot
L 1 - 1
T 1 2 3
tot 2 2 4

plu 6 tot
P 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 6

POTABLE, TABLETOP

word       length      
ABBOT 5
ALLOT 5
ALOE 4
ALTO 4
APOLLO 6 disallowed elsewhere
ATOLL 5
ATOP 4
BALLOT 6
BAOBAB 6
BEBOP 5
BLOAT 5
BLOB 4
BLOOP 5
BLOT 4
BLOTTO 6
BOAT 4
BOATEL 6 debut
BOBA 4
BOBBLE 6
BOLA 4
BOLL 4
BOLO 4
BOLT 4
BOOB 4
BOOBOO 6
BOOT 4
BOOTEE 6
BOTTLE 6
ELOPE 5
LAPTOP * 6
LOBE 4
LOBO 4
LOLL 4
LOLLOP 6
LOOP 4
LOOT 4
LOPE 4
LOTTO 5
OBLATE 6 debut
OBOE 4
OLEO 4
OPAL 4
PEOPLE  6
PLOP 4
PLOT 4
POET 4
POLE 4
POLL 4
POLO 4
POOL 4
POOP 4
POPE 4
POPPA 5
POPPET 6
POTABLE 7 perfect pangram, debut
POTATO 6
TABLETOP * 8 pangram, debut
TABOO 5
TATTOO 6
TEAPOT * 6 debut
TEETOTAL * 8 debut
TOLL 4
TOOL 4
TOOT 4
TOOTLE 6
TOPE 4
TOPPLE 6
TOTAL 5
TOTE 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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