August 17, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

August 17, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 17, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with AB.

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Instructions

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Spelling Bee for August 17, 2020

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Center letter B: January 15, 2023
Center letter P: April 18, 2020
Center letter T: September 21, 2019
Center letter N: February 28, 2019

words: 240
score: 1,144 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

A x 34
B x 38
I x 16
L x 23
N x 16
P x 71
T x 42

4L x 71
5L x 63
6L x 44
7L x 30
8L x 19
9L x 12
10L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	tot
A	4	6	7	7	7	3	-	34
B	14	11	6	3	2	2	-	38
I	5	7	1	2	1	-	-	16
L	9	8	3	2	-	1	-	23
N	9	2	2	2	-	-	1	16
P	17	18	15	10	7	4	-	71
T	13	11	10	4	2	2	-	42
tot	71	63	44	30	19	12	1	240

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AA x 1	AB x 2	AI x 1	AL x 8	AN x 15	AP x 3	AT x 4
ABB x 1	ABI x 1
BA x 20	BI x 13	BL x 5
IL x 5	IN x 9	IP x 1	IT x 1
LA x 12	LI x 11
NA x 11	NI x 5
PA x 28	PI x 30	PL x 11	PT x 2
TA x 21	TI x 21

plu	4	5	tot
I	1	-	1
L	-	1	1
P	1	-	1
T	1	-	1
tot	3	1	4

debut appearances	1
previously disallowed debuts	1

LAPATINIB, PAINTBALL

word	length
AALII	5
ABBATIAL	8
ABILLA	6
AILLT	5
ALALIA	6
ALANTIN	7
ALBINAL	7
ALIBI	5
ALIPTA	6
ALIT	4
ALLIIN	6
ALTI	4
ANIL	4
ANILLIN	7
ANTI	4
ANTIBAN	7
ANTINATAL	9
ANTIPAIN	8
ANTIPAPAL	9
ANTIPILL	8
ANTIPLANT	9
ANTITAIL	8
ANTITILT	8
ANTITIP	7
ANTLIA	6
ANTPIPIT	8
ANTPITTA	8
APIAN	5
APIIN	5
APITPAT	7
ATILT	5
ATTAIN	6
ATTAINT	7	disallowed elsewhere
ATTILA	6
BABBIT	6
BABBITT	7
BAIL	4
BAILA	5
BAILI	5
BAILLI	6
BAIN	4
BAININ	6
BAIT	4
BALANITIN	9
BALIAN	6
BALLABILI	9
BALLIA	6
BALTI	5
BANI	4
BANIA	5
BANIAN	6
BANNIAN	7
BATABIL	7
BATIN	5
BIBB	4
BIBI	4
BILABIAL	8
BILAT	5
BILIN	5
BILL	4
BINIT	5
BINNA	5
BINT	4
BIPA	4
BIPLANAL	8
BIPP	4
BITT	4
BLAIN	5
BLIN	4
BLINI	5
BLIP	4
BLIT	4
ILALA	5
ILIA	^† 4
ILIAL	5
ILLABIAL	8
ILLLIT	6
INAPT	5
INIA	4
INIAL	5
INITIAL	7
INNIT	5
INPAT	5
INTI	4
INTIL	5
INTINAL	7
IPIL	4
ITAL	4
LABIA	^† 5
LABIAL	6
LAIN	4
LAIT	4
LANAI	5
LAPATINIB	9	pangram
LAPILLI	7
LAPIN	5
LAPTI	5
LATI	4
LATITAT	7
LATTIN	6
LIANA	5
LIBANT	6
LILA	4
LILL	4
LILT	4
LININ	5
LINN	4
LINT	4
LIPA	4
LIPIN	5
LITAI	5
NAAI	4
NABI	4
NABITAN	7
NAIANT	6
NAIB	4
NAIL	4
NAILBAT	7
NAIN	4
NAIT	4
NANTI	5
NATALITIAL	10
NILL	4
NINA	4
NIPA	4
NIPPIT	6
NITTA	5
PAIBAN	6
PAIL	4
PAILA	5
PAIN	4
PAINT	5
PAINTBALL	9	pangram
PALATIAL	8
PALI	4
PALILALIA	9
PALINAL	7
PALLIA	6
PALLIAL	7
PALPI	5
PALPITANT	9
PANIN	5
PANINI	6
PANNI	5
PAPABILI	8
PAPAIA	6
PAPAIN	6
PAPAITAN	8
PAPI	4
PAPILLA	7
PAPPI	5
PATATIN	7
PATIA	5
PATINA	6
PATTIPAN	8
PIAI	4
PIAL	4
PIAN	4
PIBAL	5
PILA	4
PILI	^† 4
PILIN	5
PILL	4
PINA	4
PINATA	6
PINBALL	7
PININ	5
PINNA	5
PINNAL	6
PINT	4
PINTA	5
PINTAIL	7
PIPA	4
PIPAL	5
PIPI	4
PIPIPI	6
PIPIT	5
PIPPIAN	7
PIPPIN	6
PITA	4
PITAPAT	7
PITI	4
PITPAN	6
PITPAT	6
PITTA	5
PLAIN	5
PLAINT	6
PLAIT	5
PLANITIA	8
PLANTAIN	8
PLATIN	6
PLATINA	7
PLATINIAN	9
PLIANT	6
PLIP	4
PLITT	5
PTILINA	7
PTILINAL	8
TABI	4
TABIA	5
TAIL	4
TAILPIN	7
TAIN	4	debut, previously disallowed, disallowed elsewhere
TAINT	5
TAIPAN	6
TAIT	4
TALI	^† 4
TALIN	5
TALIPAT	7
TALLIT	6	allowed elsewhere
TANIA	5
TANNALBIN	9
TANNIA	6
TANNIN	6
TANPIT	6
TANTALIAN	9
TANTI	5
TAPAI	5
TAPPIT	6
TIAN	4
TIBIA	5
TIBIAL	6
TIBIALIA	8
TILAPIA	7
TILI	4
TILIA	5
TILL	4
TILT	4
TINA	4
TINT	4
TINTA	5
TIPI	4	allowed elsewhere
TIPITI	6
TITAN	5
TITANIA	7
TITANIAN	8
TITBIT	6
TITI	4
TITIAN	6
TITIN	5

† plural noun

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