August 17, 2020 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 17, 2020, 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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Center letter B: January 15, 2023Center letter P: April 18, 2020
Center letter T: September 21, 2019
Center letter N: February 28, 2019
words: 57
score: 241 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 4
plurals: 2
bingo: yes
A x 7
B x 7
I x 2
L x 6
N x 1
P x 22
T x 12
4L x 22
5L x 14
6L x 10
7L x 7
8L x 3
9L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| A | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| B | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 7 |
| I | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| L | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| N | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| P | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| T | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| tot | 22 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 57 |
| cmp | 7 | 9 | tot |
| P | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| tot | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| plu | 4 | 5 | tot |
| L | - | 1 | 1 |
| T | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| debut appearances | 1 |
| previously disallowed debuts | 1 |
PAINTBALL
| word | length | |||
| PAINTBALL | * 9 | pangram | ||
| BILABIAL | 8 | |||
| PALATIAL | 8 | |||
| PLANTAIN | 8 | |||
| ATTAINT | 7 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| INITIAL | 7 | |||
| PAPILLA | 7 | |||
| PINBALL | * 7 | |||
| PINTAIL | * 7 | |||
| PITAPAT | * 7 | |||
| TILAPIA | 7 | |||
| ATTAIN | 6 | |||
| LABIAL | 6 | |||
| PANINI | 6 | |||
| PATINA | 6 | |||
| PINATA | 6 | |||
| PIPPIN | 6 | |||
| PLAINT | 6 | |||
| PLIANT | 6 | |||
| TANNIN | 6 | |||
| TIBIAL | 6 | |||
| ALIBI | 5 | |||
| APIAN | 5 | |||
| ATILT | 5 | |||
| BLINI | 5 | |||
| INAPT | 5 | |||
| LABIA | † 5 | |||
| LANAI | 5 | |||
| PAINT | 5 | |||
| PIPIT | 5 | |||
| PLAIN | 5 | |||
| PLAIT | 5 | |||
| TAINT | 5 | |||
| TIBIA | 5 | |||
| TITAN | 5 | |||
| ALIT | 4 | |||
| ANTI | 4 | |||
| BAIL | 4 | |||
| BAIT | 4 | |||
| BILL | 4 | |||
| BLIN | 4 | |||
| BLIP | 4 | |||
| LAIN | 4 | |||
| LILT | 4 | |||
| LINT | 4 | |||
| NAIL | 4 | |||
| PAIL | 4 | |||
| PAIN | 4 | |||
| PILL | 4 | |||
| PINT | 4 | |||
| PITA | 4 | |||
| TAIL | 4 | |||
| TAIN | 4 | debut, previously disallowed, disallowed elsewhere | ||
| TALI | † 4 | |||
| TILL | 4 | |||
| TILT | 4 | |||
| TINT | 4 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun