October 17, 2019 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 17, 2019, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with BU.
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 B: January 31, 2024Center letter G: February 15, 2022
Center letter L: March 8, 2020
words: 151
score: 570 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
plurals: 0
bingo: yes
A x 26
B x 45
D x 25
G x 24
L x 17
U x 2
Y x 12
4L x 60
5L x 59
6L x 20
7L x 8
8L x 4
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | tot | |
| A | 13 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 26 |
| B | 14 | 16 | 10 | 5 | - | 45 |
| D | 10 | 10 | 4 | - | 1 | 25 |
| G | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| L | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| U | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Y | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| tot | 60 | 59 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 151 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AB x 6 | AD x 4 | AG x 3 | AL x 9 | AU x 3 | AY x 1 |
| BA x 30 | BL x 9 | BU x 6 | |||
| BUA x 1 | BUB x 2 | BUD x 1 | BUL x 2 | ||
| DA x 21 | DU x 3 | DY x 1 | |||
| GA x 15 | GL x 3 | GU x 6 | |||
| LA x 15 | LU x 2 | ||||
| UD x 1 | UG x 1 | ||||
| YA x 9 | YU x 3 |
| debut appearances | 5 |
LADYBUG
| word | length | |||
| ABADA | 5 | |||
| ABAYA | 5 | |||
| ABBA | 4 | |||
| ABDAL | 5 | |||
| ABLY | 4 | |||
| ABUD | 4 | |||
| ADAD | 4 | |||
| ADDA | 4 | |||
| ADDY | 4 | |||
| ADLAY | 5 | |||
| AGAL | 4 | |||
| AGBADA | 6 | |||
| AGUA | 4 | |||
| ALAGBA | 6 | |||
| ALALA | 5 | |||
| ALBA | 4 | |||
| ALGA | 4 | |||
| ALGAL | 5 | |||
| ALLAY | 5 | |||
| ALLY | 4 | |||
| ALLYL | 5 | |||
| ALULA | 5 | |||
| AUDAD | 5 | |||
| AULA | 4 | |||
| AULD | 4 | |||
| AYLLU | 5 | |||
| BAAL | 4 | |||
| BABA | 4 | |||
| BABALA | 6 | |||
| BABBLY | 6 | |||
| BABBY | 5 | |||
| BABU | 4 | |||
| BABUL | 5 | |||
| BABY | 4 | |||
| BADAUD | 6 | |||
| BADDY | 5 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| BADLA | 5 | |||
| BADLY | 5 | |||
| BAGAD | 5 | |||
| BAGGALA | 7 | |||
| BAGGY | 5 | |||
| BAGLADY | 7 | |||
| BAGUA | 5 | |||
| BAGUALA | 7 | |||
| BALAUA | 6 | |||
| BALD | 4 | |||
| BALDLY | 6 | |||
| BALDY | 5 | |||
| BALL | 4 | |||
| BALLAD | 6 | |||
| BALLBAG | 7 | |||
| BALLGAG | 7 | |||
| BALLY | 5 | |||
| BALUBA | 6 | |||
| BAUD | 4 | debut | ||
| BAYA | 4 | |||
| BLAA | 4 | |||
| BLAB | 4 | |||
| BLABBY | 6 | |||
| BLAD | 4 | |||
| BLADDY | 6 | |||
| BLADY | 5 | |||
| BLAG | 4 | |||
| BLAUD | 5 | |||
| BLAY | 4 | |||
| BUAL | 4 | |||
| BUBAL | 5 | |||
| BUBBA | 5 | |||
| BUDDA | 5 | |||
| BULBAL | 6 | |||
| BULLA | 5 | |||
| DAAD | 4 | |||
| DAAL | 4 | |||
| DABBA | 5 | |||
| DADA | 4 | |||
| DADDA | 5 | |||
| DADDY | 5 | |||
| DADLY | 5 | |||
| DADYL | 5 | |||
| DAGABA | 6 | |||
| DAGGA | 5 | |||
| DAGGY | 5 | |||
| DALA | 4 | |||
| DALAAL | 6 | |||
| DALADALA | 8 | |||
| DALAGA | 6 | |||
| DALAL | 5 | |||
| DALL | 4 | |||
| DALLY | 5 | |||
| DAUB | 4 | debut | ||
| DAUBY | 5 | |||
| DAUD | 4 | |||
| DUAD | 4 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| DUAL | 4 | |||
| DUALLY | 6 | |||
| DYAD | 4 | |||
| GABBA | 5 | |||
| GABBY | 5 | |||
| GABY | 4 | |||
| GADA | 4 | |||
| GAGA | 4 | |||
| GAGGY | 5 | |||
| GALA | 4 | |||
| GALL | 4 | |||
| GALLU | 5 | |||
| GALLY | 5 | |||
| GAUD | 4 | |||
| GAUDY | 5 | debut | ||
| GAYAL | 5 | |||
| GAYBY | 5 | |||
| GAYLY | 5 | |||
| GLAD | 4 | |||
| GLADLY | 6 | |||
| GLADY | 5 | |||
| GUAYABA | 7 | |||
| GUGA | 4 | |||
| GULA | 4 | |||
| GULAG | 5 | |||
| GULAL | 5 | |||
| GULLABLY | 8 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| LABBA | 5 | |||
| LABLAB | 6 | |||
| LADDU | 5 | |||
| LADDY | 5 | |||
| LADY | 4 | |||
| LADYBUG | 7 | perfect pangram, debut | ||
| LAGGY | 5 | |||
| LALL | 4 | |||
| LALLY | 5 | |||
| LALLYGAG | 8 | |||
| LAUD | 4 | |||
| LAUDABLY | 8 | debut | ||
| LAULAU | 6 | |||
| LAYA | 4 | |||
| LAYBY | 5 | |||
| LUAU | 4 | |||
| LULLABY | 7 | |||
| UDAL | 4 | |||
| UGAL | 4 | |||
| YABBA | 5 | |||
| YABBY | 5 | |||
| YADDA | 5 | |||
| YADU | 4 | |||
| YALD | 4 | |||
| YAUD | 4 | |||
| YAUL | 4 | |||
| YAULD | 5 | |||
| YAYA | 4 | |||
| YUBA | 4 | |||
| YUGA | 4 | |||
| YUGADA | 6 |