August 5, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

August 5, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 5, 2020, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.

Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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Spelling Bee for August 5, 2020

Related puzzles

Center letter O: February 5, 2024
Center letter Z: November 5, 2022
Center letter M: February 11, 2022

words: 197
score: 881 pts
pangrams: 5
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

A x 34
B x 53
E x 11
L x 40
M x 42
O x 12
Z x 5

4L x 71
5L x 53
6L x 37
7L x 18
8L x 9
9L x 5
10L x 2
12L x 1
13L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	tot
A	11	11	7	3	1	-	1	-	-	34
B	22	10	10	4	3	2	-	1	1	53
E	-	-	6	3	1	-	1	-	-	11
L	18	12	5	2	1	2	-	-	-	40
M	14	13	7	5	2	1	-	-	-	42
O	4	6	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	12
Z	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	5
tot	71	53	37	18	9	5	2	1	1	197

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

plu	4	5	7	8	tot
A	1	-	1	-	2
L	-	-	-	1	1
M	-	1	-	-	1
tot	1	1	1	1	4

debut appearances

BAMBOOZLABLE, BAMBOOZLE, BAMBOOZLEABLE, LOMBAZOLE, ZOOMABLE

word	length
BAMBOOZLEABLE	13	pangram
BAMBOOZLABLE	12	pangram
ALLOALLELE	10
EMBALMABLE	10
BAMBOOZLE	9	pangram, debut
BLAMEABLE	9	allowed elsewhere
LABELABLE	9
LOMBAZOLE	9	pangram
MALLEABLE	9
AMBALAMA	8
BLAMABLE	8	allowed elsewhere
BOMBABLE	8
BOOMABLE	8
EMBEZZLE	8
LAMELLAE	^† 8	disallowed elsewhere
MAMZELLE	8
MEMEABLE	8
ZOOMABLE	8	pangram
ABLEEZE	7
ABOLLAE	^† 7
AMOEBAL	7
BAZLAMA	7
BEEBALM	7
BOBOLEE	7
BOOABLE	7
EMBLAZE	7
EMBLEMA	7
EMBLOOM	7
LABELLA	7
LAMELLA	7	disallowed elsewhere
MALAMBO	7
MALLEAL	7
MAZOOLA	7
MBALOLO	7
MELOMEL	7
OOLEMMA	7
ABLAZE	6	debut
ABLOOM	6
ABOLLA	6
ALBOLL	6
ALLELE	6
AZALEA	6
AZOLLA	6
BABALA	6
BABBLE	6
BALBOA	6
BEABLE	6
BEAZLE	6
BEZZLE	6
BLAMMO	6
BLEEZE	6
BOBBLE	6
BOBBOL	6
EMBALM	6
EMBLEM	6
EMBOLA	6
EMBOLE	6
EMBOLO	6
EMOLOA	6
LABLAB	6
LAMBEL	6
LOBOLA	6
LOBOLO	6
LOZELL	6
MABBLE	6
MABELA	6
MABELE	6
MABOLO	6
MALLAM	6
MALLEE	6
MAMMAL	6
OLOMAO	6
ZOAEAL	6
ABELE	5
ALALA	5
ALAMO	5
ALLEE	5
ALOLL	5
AMALA	5
AMBAL	5
AMBLE	5
AMOLE	5
AZOLE	5
AZOLO	5
BABEL	5
BALOO	5
BELAM	5
BELLE	5
BELLO	5
BEZEL	5
BLAME	5
BLAZE	5	debut
BLOOM	5
BOBOL	5
LABBA	5
LABEL	5
LAMBA	5
LAMEL	5
LAZZO	5
LEAZE	5
LEMEL	5
LEMMA	5
LEMME	5
LLAMA	5
LOBAL	5
LOZEL	5
MALAE	^† 5
MALEO	5
MALLE	5
MAZAL	5
MELAM	5
MELBA	5
MELEE	5
MELEM	5
MELLO	5
MOBLE	5
MOLAL	5
MOLLE	5
MOOLA	5
OBOLE	5
OBOLO	5
OLEMA	5
OLLAM	5
OOZEL	5
OOZLE	5
ZOEAL	5
ABLE	4
ALAE	^† 4
ALBA	4
ALBE	4
ALEE	4
ALMA	4
ALME	4
ALOE	4	debut
ALOO	4
AMLA	4
AOLE	4
BAAL	4
BAEL	4
BALE	4
BALL	4
BALM	4
BEAL	4
BEEL	4
BELL	4
BLAA	4
BLAB	4
BLAE	4
BLAM	4
BLEA	4
BLEB	4
BLEE	4
BLEM	4
BLOB	4
BOLA	4
BOLE	4
BOLL	4
BOLO	4
BOOL	4
LALL	4
LALO	4
LAMA	4
LAMB	4
LAME	4
LAZE	4
LEAL	4
LEAM	4
LEMA	4
LEME	4
LOAM	4
LOBE	4
LOBO	4
LOLL	4
LOLZ	4
LOMA	4
LOOB	4
LOOM	4
MALA	4
MALE	4
MALL	4
MALM	4
MALO	4
MEAL	4
MELA	4
MELE	4
MELL	4
MOEL	4
MOLA	4
MOLE	4
MOLL	4
MOOL	4
OBOL	4
OLEA	4
OLEO	4
OLLA	4
ZALE	4
ZEAL	4

† plural noun

AB x 7	AL x 15	AM x 7	AO x 1	AZ x 4
BA x 14	BE x 11	BL x 16	BO x 12
EM x 11
LA x 17	LE x 8	LL x 1	LO x 14
MA x 21	MB x 1	ME x 11	MO x 9
OB x 3	OL x 6	OO x 3
ZA x 1	ZE x 1	ZO x 3

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