September 12, 2020 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 12, 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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words: 54
score: 238 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 3
plurals: 2
bingo: yes
C x 12
I x 5
L x 11
M x 12
N x 2
O x 5
T x 7
4L x 22
5L x 12
6L x 8
7L x 4
8L x 1
9L x 5
10L x 2
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot | |
| C | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| I | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| L | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 11 |
| M | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 12 |
| N | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| O | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 |
| T | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| tot | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 54 |
| cmp | 4 | 6 | 7 | tot |
| I | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| M | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| T | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| plu | 4 | 5 | tot |
| C | - | 1 | 1 |
| L | 1 | - | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 2 |
LOCOMOTION
| word | length | |||
| CLINIC | 6 | |||
| COCCI | † 5 | |||
| COIL | 4 | |||
| COIN | 4 | |||
| COLIC | 5 | |||
| COLONIC | 7 | |||
| COMIC | 5 | |||
| COMMIT | 6 | |||
| COMMOTION | 9 | |||
| CONCOCTION | 10 | |||
| CONIC | 5 | |||
| COTILLION | 9 | |||
| ICON | 4 | |||
| ICONIC | 6 | |||
| ILLICIT | 7 | |||
| INTO | * 4 | |||
| IONIC | 5 | |||
| LICIT | 5 | |||
| LILT | 4 | |||
| LIMIT | 5 | |||
| LIMN | 4 | |||
| LIMO | 4 | |||
| LINT | 4 | |||
| LION | 4 | |||
| LOCI | † 4 | |||
| LOCOMOTION | 10 | pangram | ||
| LOIN | 4 | |||
| LOTION | 6 | |||
| MILL | 4 | |||
| MILLION | 7 | |||
| MIMIC | 5 | |||
| MINI | 4 | |||
| MINIM | 5 | |||
| MINION | 6 | |||
| MINT | 4 | |||
| MITT | 4 | |||
| MOIL | 4 | |||
| MONOTONIC | 9 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| MOONLIT | * 7 | |||
| MOTION | 6 | |||
| NONILLION | 9 | |||
| NOTION | 6 | |||
| OCOTILLO | 8 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| OCTILLION | 9 | |||
| OLIO | 4 | |||
| OMIT | 4 | |||
| ONION | 5 | |||
| TILL | 4 | |||
| TILT | 4 | |||
| TINCT | 5 | |||
| TINT | 4 | |||
| TOIL | 4 | |||
| TOMTIT | * 6 | |||
| TONIC | 5 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun