October 12, 2020 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 12, 2020, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with RU.
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 O: November 8, 2024Center letter N: July 16, 2023
Center letter U: August 29, 2022
words: 59
score: 271 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
compounds: 4
plurals: 1
A x 12
D x 8
N x 8
O x 2
R x 12
T x 17
4L x 22
5L x 9
6L x 16
7L x 7
8L x 1
9L x 3
10L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot | |
| A | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 12 |
| D | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| N | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 |
| O | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| R | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 12 |
| T | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 17 |
| tot | 22 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 59 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AD x 1 | AN x 2 | AO x 1 | AR x 3 | AT x 1 | AU x 4 |
| DA x 4 | DO x 2 | DR x 1 | DU x 1 | ||
| NA x 5 | NO x 2 | NU x 1 | |||
| OR x 1 | OU x 1 | ||||
| RA x 6 | RO x 5 | RU x 1 | |||
| RUN x 1 | |||||
| TA x 11 | TO x 2 | TR x 1 | TU x 3 | ||
| cmp | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | tot |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| R | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| T | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| plu | 4 | tot |
| D | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 |
| debut appearances | 3 | |
| newly disallowed words | 2 | donator, odorant |
ROTUNDA, TURNAROUND
| word | length | |||
| TURNAROUND | * 10 | pangram, debut | ||
| ANNOTATOR | 9 | |||
| NURTURANT | 9 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| RUNAROUND | * 9 | |||
| NARRATOR | 8 | |||
| NOTATOR | 7 | |||
| RATATAT | * 7 | |||
| ROTATOR | 7 | |||
| ROTUNDA | 7 | perfect pangram, debut | ||
| TANDOOR | 7 | |||
| TANTARA | 7 | |||
| TORNADO | 7 | |||
| AROUND | 6 | |||
| ARRANT | 6 | |||
| AURORA | 6 | |||
| DOODAD | 6 | |||
| DOTARD | 6 | |||
| NATANT | 6 | |||
| NONART | 6 | |||
| ORATOR | 6 | |||
| OUTRAN | * 6 | debut | ||
| RATTAN | 6 | |||
| TANTRA | 6 | |||
| TARTAN | 6 | |||
| TARTAR | 6 | |||
| TATTOO | 6 | |||
| TRUANT | 6 | |||
| TUNDRA | 6 | |||
| ADORN | 5 | |||
| AORTA | 5 | |||
| ARDOR | 5 | |||
| ATTAR | 5 | |||
| DAUNT | 5 | |||
| RADAR | 5 | |||
| RADON | 5 | |||
| TAROT | 5 | |||
| TAUNT | 5 | |||
| ANON | 4 | |||
| AUNT | 4 | |||
| AURA | 4 | |||
| AUTO | 4 | |||
| DARN | 4 | |||
| DART | 4 | |||
| DATA | † 4 | |||
| DRAT | 4 | |||
| DUAD | 4 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| NAAN | 4 | |||
| NADA | 4 | |||
| NANA | 4 | |||
| RAND | 4 | |||
| RANT | 4 | |||
| ROAD | 4 | |||
| ROAN | 4 | |||
| ROAR | 4 | |||
| TARO | 4 | |||
| TART | 4 | |||
| TAUT | 4 | |||
| TOAD | 4 | |||
| TUNA | 4 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun