Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
October 8, 2020 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 8, 2020, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter PEKMNTU
Spelling Bee for October 8, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter M: April 10, 2023
Center letter U: December 31, 2021
Identical letters: July 3, 2019

words: 28
score: 102 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 4
plurals: 1

E x 1
K x 3
M x 1
P x 13
T x 5
U x 5

4L x 14
5L x 5
6L x 7
7L x 2

  4 5 6 7 tot
E 1 - - - 1
K 2 1 - - 3
M - - 1 - 1
P 10 1 2 - 13
T 1 2 2 - 5
U - 1 2 2 5
tot 14 5 7 2 28

cmp 6 tot
M 1 1
P 1 1
T 1 1
U 1 1
tot 4 4

plu 6 tot
P 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 1
previously disallowed debuts 1

UNKEMPT

word       length      
UMPTEEN 7
UNKEMPT 7 perfect pangram
MEETUP * 6
PENMEN *  6
PUPPET 6
TEEPEE 6
TUNEUP * 6
UNKEPT 6
UPKEEP * 6
KEMPT 5
PENNE 5
TEMPT 5
TEPEE 5
UNPEN 5 debut, previously disallowed
EPEE 4
KEEP 4
KEPT 4
PEEK 4
PEEN 4
PEEP 4
PEKE 4
PENT 4
PUKE 4
PUMP 4
PUNK 4
PUNT 4
PUTT 4
TEMP 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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