August 27, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

August 27, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 27, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with ON.

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 27, 2020

Related puzzles

Center letter Y: September 27, 2022
Center letter L: May 20, 2020
Center letter A: July 5, 2019
Center letter B: November 8, 2018

words: 252
score: 1,222 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

A x 23
B x 59
C x 72
L x 26
N x 46
O x 14
Y x 12

4L x 69
5L x 74
6L x 48
7L x 28
8L x 20
9L x 7
10L x 4
11L x 2

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	tot
A	6	7	7	3	-	-	-	-	23
B	16	18	16	5	2	1	1	-	59
C	15	18	20	7	8	2	2	-	72
L	9	12	2	2	1	-	-	-	26
N	7	11	2	11	8	4	1	2	46
O	8	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	14
Y	8	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	12
tot	69	74	48	28	20	7	4	2	252

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AB x 3	AC x 1	AL x 9	AN x 10
BA x 19	BL x 5	BO x 35
CA x 17	CC x 1	CL x 6	CO x 42	CY x 6
LA x 2	LL x 1	LO x 23
NA x 7	NO x 38	NY x 1
OB x 4	OC x 1	OL x 4	ON x 4	OO x 1
		ONL x 3	ONY x 1
YA x 5	YN x 1	YO x 6

debut appearances

BALCONY, BALLOONACY

word	length
ABOB	4
ABOLLA	6
ABOON	5
ACLONAL	7
ALBANOL	7
ALBOLL	6
ALCO	4
ALCOOL	6
ALCYON	6
ALLOY	5
ALOC	4
ALOLL	5
ALOO	4
ANCON	5
ANCONA	6
ANCONAL	7
ANCONY	6
ANNONA	6
ANNOY	5
ANOA	4
ANON	4
ANONA	5
ANYON	5
BABACO	6
BABOO	5
BABOON	6
BACALAO	7
BACCOO	6
BACON	5
BACONY	6
BACOO	5
BALBOA	6
BALCONY	7	perfect pangram
BALLBOY	7
BALLON	6
BALLOON	7
BALLOONACY	10	pangram
BALLOONY	8
BALOO	5
BANCO	5
BAOBAB	6
BAON	4
BLANCO	6
BLOB	4
BLOBBY	6
BLOC	4
BLOLLY	6
BOAB	4
BOABY	5
BOBA	4
BOBAC	5
BOBBLY	6
BOBBOL	6
BOBBY	5
BOBO	4
BOBOL	5
BOCA	4
BOCAL	5
BOCCA	5
BOLA	4
BOLL	4
BOLO	4
BOLON	5
BONA	4
BONACON	7
BONBON	6
BONNACON	8
BONNY	5
BONOBO	6
BONY	4
BOOB	4
BOOBOO	6
BOOBY	5
BOOBYALLA	9
BOOCOO	6
BOOL	4
BOOLY	5
BOON	4
BOOYA	5
BOYLA	5
BOYLY	5
BOYO	4
CABOCLO	7
CACAO	5
CACOON	6
CALALOO	7
CALLALOO	8
CALLBOY	7
CALLOO	6
CALO	4
CALYON	6
CANNOLO	7
CANNON	6
CANNONBALL	10
CANOLA	6
CANON	5
CANYON	6
CAOBA	5
CAYO	4
CCOYA	5
CLOACA	6
CLOACAL	7
CLOACALLY	9
CLONAL	6	disallowed elsewhere
CLONALLY	8
CLOY	4
COAL	4
COALA	5
COALBALL	8
COALLY	6
COALY	5
COBB	4
COBBLY	6
COBBY	5
COCA	4
COCAL	5
COCCAL	6
COCO	4
COCOA	5
COCOBOLA	8
COCOBOLO	8
COCONA	6
COCOON	6
COLA	4
COLCANNON	9
COLL	4
COLLA	5
COLLAB	6	allowed elsewhere
COLLABO	7
COLLOCAL	8
COLLY	5
COLO	4
COLOANAL	8
COLOCOLO	8
COLON	5
COLONY	6
COLY	4
CONAL	5
CONN	4
CONNY	5
CONY	4
COOCOO	6
COOL	4
COOLLY	6
COONCAN	7
COYA	4
COYLY	5
COYOL	5
CYANO	5
CYANOL	6
CYCLO	5
CYCLOALLYL	10
CYCLOL	6
CYLCON	6
LALO	4
LAOYA	5
LLANO	5
LOAN	4
LOBAL	5
LOBBY	5
LOBLOLLY	8	allowed elsewhere
LOBO	4
LOBOLA	6
LOBOLO	6
LOCA	4
LOCAL	5
LOCALLY	7
LOCAO	5
LOCO	4
LOCON	5
LOLL	4
LOLLY	5
LONA	4
LONCO	5
LOOB	4
LOOBY	5
LOON	4
LOONY	5
LOYAL	5
LOYALLY	7
NABOB	5
NANO	4
NANOALLOY	9
NANOBALL	8
NANOBALLOON	11
NANOCANAL	9
NANOCLAY	8
NOBBLY	6
NOBBY	5
NOBLY	5
NOLA	4
NOLL	4
NOLO	4
NONALLOY	8
NONALLY	7
NONANAL	7
NONANOL	7
NONANOYL	8
NONBABY	7
NONBALL	7
NONBANANA	9
NONBLOC	7
NONBONY	7
NONCALL	7
NONCANAL	8
NONCLAY	7
NONCLONAL	9
NONCLONALLY	11
NONCOAL	7
NONCOCOA	8
NONCOLA	7
NONCY	5
NONLAB	6
NONLOCAL	8
NONLOCALLY	10
NONLOYAL	8
NONNA	5
NONNO	5
NONNY	5
NONO	4
NONYL	5
NOOB	4
NOOBY	5
NOON	4
NOYAN	5
NYLON	5
OBAN	4
OBBO	4
OBOL	4
OBOLO	5
OCCY	4
OLAY	4
OLLA	4
OLLAY	5
OLONA	5
ONLAY	5
ONLOAN	6
ONLY	4
ONYON	5
OOAA	4
YABBO	5
YACON	5
YANACONA	8
YANO	4
YAYO	4
YNOL	4
YOAL	4
YOBBO	5
YOBO	4
YOLA	4
YOLO	4
YOYO	4

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