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August 16, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 16, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter ACFILNU
Spelling Bee for August 16, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter F: March 20, 2024
Center letter I: February 6, 2023
Center letter L: January 11, 2021

words: 178
score: 1,181 pts
pangrams: 5
plurals: 8
bingo: yes

A x 47
C x 37
F x 32
I x 14
L x 23
N x 9
U x 16

5L x 51
6L x 55
7L x 41
8L x 13
9L x 12
10L x 4
11L x 2

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
A 12 14 15 1 4 1 - 47
C 10 12 7 3 3 1 1 37
F 10 12 7 2 1 - - 32
I 6 4 3 1 - - - 14
L 6 8 5 4 - - - 23
N 3 2 2 1 1 - - 9
U 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 16
tot 51 55 41 13 12 4 2 178

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AC x 13 AF x 3 AL x 15 AN x 13 AU x 2
CA x 25 CI x 6 CL x 5 CU x 1
FA x 14 FI x 10 FL x 5 FU x 3
IL x 6 IN x 8
INC x 1 INF x 4 INI x 2 INU x 1
LA x 15 LI x 5 LU x 3
NA x 5 NI x 2 NU x 2
UI x 1 UN x 15

plu 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A - 1 1 - - - 2
C 1 - 1 1 1 1 5
I - 1 - - - - 1
tot 1 2 2 1 1 1 8

debut appearances 1

FANCIFUL, UNFANCIFUL, UNFINANCIAL, UNFINICAL, UNIFACIAL

word       length      
AALII 5
ACACIA 6
ACACIIN 7
ACACIN 6
ACALCULIA 9
ACALCULIAC 10
ACANA 5
ACICULA 7
ACINACI  7
ACINI 5
ACINIC 6
ACLINAL 7
ACLINIC 7
ACLINICAL 9
AFALINA 7
AFANC 5
AFFINAL 7
ALALA 5
ALALIA 6
ALALIC 6
ALANNA 6
ALCAIC 6
ALCANNA 7
ALFAIA 6
ALFALFA 7
ALFIL 5
ALFIN 5
ALLICIN 7
ALLIIN 6
ALNUIN 6
ALNULIN 7
ALULA 5
ANACLINAL 9
ANANA 5
ANCILIA 7
ANCILLA 7
ANCILLULA 9
ANICCA 6
ANILIC 6
ANILINIC 8
ANILLIN 7
ANNAL 5
ANNUAL 6
ANNUL 5
ANNULI  6
AUFLAUF 7
AULIC 5
CAFFILA 7
CAFILA 6
CALALU 6
CALCIAN 7
CALCIC 6
CALCIFIC 8
CALCIN 6
CALCULI  7
CALICULI  8
CALIF 5
CALIN 5
CALLA 5
CALLI 5
CALLUNA 7
CANAL 5
CANALICULI  10
CANCAN 6
CANFUL 6 disallowed elsewhere
CANINI 6
CANNA 5
CANNULA 7
CANULA 6
CANUN 5
CAULICULI  9
CAULINI 7
CICALA 6
CICLACILLIN 11
CIFAL 5
CILIA  5
CILIAL 6
CINCINNAL 9
CLINAL 6
CLINIA 6
CLINICAL 8
CLINICIAN 9
CLUNIAL 7
CUICA 5
FACIA 5
FACIAL 6
FACULA 6
FALCIAL 7
FALCULA 7
FALLAL 6
FANAL 5
FANCIFUL 8 pangram, debut
FANFIC 6
FAUCAL 6
FAUCIAL 7
FAUNA 5
FAUNAL 6
FAUNULA 7
FICAIN 6
FILIAL 6
FILICAL 7
FINAL 5
FINANCIAL 9
FINCA 5
FINIAL 6
FINICAL 7
FINNA 5
FINNAC 6
FLAFF 5
FLAIL 5
FLICFLAC 8
FLUCAN 6
FLUCCAN 7
FUCAN 5
FULLA 5
FUNANA 6
ILALA 5
ILIAC 5
ILIACAL 7
ILIACI  6
ILIAL 5
ILLICIA 7
INCALL 6
INFALL 6
INFAUNA 7
INFAUNAL 8
INFULA 6
INIAC 5
INIAL 5
INULA 5
LACCIC 6
LACCIN 6
LACINIA 7
LACINIAL 8
LACINULA 8
LACUNA 6
LACUNAL 7
LACUNIN 7
LAICAL 6
LALLAN 6
LANAI 5
LANCIN 6
LANCININ 8
LAUAN 5
LAULAU 6
LIANA 5
LICUALA 7
LILAC 5
LILACIN 7
LINAC 5
LUCANICA 8
LUFFA 5
LUNULA 6
NAFCILLIN 9
NAILFUL 7
NALLA 5
NANNA 5
NANNAN 6
NIACIN 6
NIFFNAFF 8
NULLA 5
NUNCIAL 7
UINAL 5
UNCAL 5
UNCAN 5
UNCIA 5
UNCIAL 6
UNCINAL 7
UNCLINICAL 10
UNFAIL 6
UNFANCIFUL 10 pangram
UNFILIAL 8
UNFINAL 7
UNFINANCIAL 11 pangram
UNFINICAL 9 pangram
UNICLINAL 9
UNIFACIAL 9 pangram
UNNAIL 6

† plural noun

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