October 18, 2020 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 18, 2020, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with PA.
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 N: January 24, 2024Center letter I: May 26, 2022
Center letter P: April 18, 2021
words: 54
score: 247 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 3
plurals: 2
bingo: yes
A x 12
D x 4
I x 1
N x 6
O x 1
P x 14
R x 16
4L x 18
5L x 18
6L x 7
7L x 5
8L x 6
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot | |
| A | 3 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| D | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| I | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| N | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| O | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| P | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| R | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 16 |
| tot | 18 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 54 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AD x 1 | AI x 1 | AN x 4 | AP x 3 | AR x 3 |
| DA x 1 | DI x 1 | DO x 1 | DR x 1 | |
| IN x 1 | ||||
| NA x 5 | NO x 1 | |||
| OR x 1 | ||||
| PA x 11 | PI x 1 | PO x 2 | ||
| PAI x 3 | PAN x 2 | PAP x 1 | PAR x 5 | |
| RA x 12 | RI x 1 | RO x 3 |
| cmp | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot |
| A | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| I | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| R | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| plu | 5 | tot |
| P | 1 | 1 |
| R | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 2 | 2 |
| debut appearances | 10 |
| previously disallowed debuts | 1 |
PARANOID, RAINDROP
| word | length | |||
| ADORN | 5 | |||
| AIRDROP | * 7 | debut | ||
| ANDIRON | 7 | debut | ||
| ANDROID | 7 | debut | ||
| ANION | 5 | |||
| ANON | 4 | |||
| APIAN | 5 | |||
| APIARIAN | 8 | debut, previously disallowed, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| APRON | 5 | |||
| ARDOR | 5 | |||
| ARIA | 4 | |||
| ARID | 4 | |||
| DARN | 4 | |||
| DINAR | 5 | |||
| DOODAD | 6 | |||
| DRAIN | 5 | |||
| INROAD | * 6 | debut | ||
| NAAN | 4 | |||
| NADA | 4 | |||
| NADIR | 5 | |||
| NAIAD | 5 | |||
| NANA | 4 | |||
| NONPAID | 7 | |||
| ORDAIN | 6 | debut | ||
| PAID | 4 | |||
| PAIN | 4 | |||
| PAIR | 4 | |||
| PANDA | 5 | |||
| PANINI | 6 | |||
| PAPA | 4 | |||
| PARADOR | 7 | |||
| PARADROP | 8 | |||
| PARANOIA | 8 | debut | ||
| PARANOID | 8 | pangram, debut | ||
| PARDON | 6 | |||
| PIANO | 5 | |||
| PODIA | † 5 | |||
| POPPA | 5 | |||
| RADAR | 5 | |||
| RADIAN | 6 | |||
| RADII | † 5 | |||
| RADIO | 5 | debut | ||
| RADON | 5 | |||
| RAID | 4 | |||
| RAIN | 4 | |||
| RAINDROP | * 8 | pangram, debut | ||
| RAND | 4 | |||
| RANI | 4 | |||
| RAPID | 5 | |||
| RAPINI | 6 | |||
| RIPARIAN | 8 | |||
| ROAD | 4 | |||
| ROAN | 4 | |||
| ROAR | 4 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun