October 17, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 17, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.
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 L: December 17, 2024Center letter C: August 17, 2023
Center letter A: July 12, 2022
Center letter M: May 13, 2021
words: 84
score: 510 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
bingo: yes
A x 7
C x 26
E x 2
H x 23
L x 7
M x 14
Y x 5
5L x 30
6L x 34
7L x 15
8L x 2
9L x 2
10L x 1
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | tot | |
| A | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 7 |
| C | 7 | 13 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| E | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| H | 9 | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | 23 |
| L | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| M | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 14 |
| Y | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| tot | 30 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 84 |
ALCHEMY
| word | length | |||
| CHACHALACA | 10 | |||
| CHACHACHA | 9 | |||
| MLECHCHHA | 9 | |||
| MAHALLAH | 8 | |||
| MAHALLYA | 8 | |||
| AECHMEA | 7 | |||
| ALCHEMY | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| ALLHEAL | 7 | |||
| CACHACA | 7 | |||
| CALECHE | 7 | |||
| CHALLAH | 7 | |||
| CHAMCHA | 7 | |||
| ECHELLE | 7 | |||
| HALACHA | 7 | |||
| HALALAH | 7 | |||
| HEALALL | 7 | |||
| LEECHEE | 7 | |||
| MACHACA | 7 | |||
| MAHALLA | 7 | |||
| MLECCHA | 7 | |||
| AMACHA | 6 | |||
| CHACHA | 6 | |||
| CHACMA | 6 | |||
| CHALAH | 6 | |||
| CHALLA | 6 | |||
| CHAMAL | 6 | |||
| CHAMMY | 6 | |||
| CHAYAH | 6 | |||
| CHECHE | 6 | |||
| CHELAE | 6 | |||
| CHELEM | 6 | |||
| CHEMMY | 6 | |||
| CLECHE | 6 | |||
| CLECHY | 6 | |||
| ECHEME | 6 | |||
| HAEMAL | 6 | |||
| HALALA | 6 | |||
| HALEEM | 6 | |||
| HALLAH | 6 | |||
| HALLAL | 6 | |||
| HALLEL | 6 | |||
| HAMMAL | 6 | |||
| HAMMAM | 6 | |||
| HEALEE | 6 | |||
| HEMMEL | 6 | |||
| HYALEA | 6 | |||
| LEACHY | 6 | |||
| LEECHY | 6 | |||
| LYCHEE | 6 | |||
| MAHALA | 6 | |||
| MAHMAL | 6 | |||
| MAYHEM | 6 | |||
| YECCHY | 6 | |||
| YEEHAH | 6 | |||
| ALMAH | 5 | |||
| ALMEH | 5 | |||
| AMLAH | 5 | |||
| CACHE | 5 | |||
| CHAMA | 5 | |||
| CHAYA | 5 | |||
| CHEEM | 5 | |||
| CHELA | 5 | |||
| CHYLE | 5 | |||
| CHYME | 5 | allowed elsewhere | ||
| HALAL | 5 | |||
| HALMA | 5 | |||
| HAMAL | 5 | |||
| HAMEL | 5 | |||
| HAMMY | 5 | |||
| HAYEY | 5 | |||
| HELLA | 5 | |||
| HEMAL | 5 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| HEYEM | 5 | |||
| LEACH | 5 | |||
| LECHY | 5 | |||
| LEECH | 5 | |||
| MACHE | 5 | |||
| MAHAL | 5 | |||
| MEACH | 5 | |||
| MECHA | 5 | |||
| MEECH | 5 | |||
| YALAH | 5 | |||
| YECCH | 5 | |||
| YECHY | 5 |