August 23, 2020: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

August 23, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 23, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with CR.

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 23, 2020

Related puzzles

Center letter R: January 30, 2024
Center letter C: January 11, 2022
Center letter F: May 22, 2019

words: 207
score: 1,065 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 9
bingo: yes

A x 55
C x 37
D x 27
F x 20
I x 10
R x 18
T x 40

4L x 44
5L x 60
6L x 44
7L x 30
8L x 22
9L x 6
10L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	tot
A	9	15	13	11	5	2	-	55
C	6	10	11	6	2	1	1	37
D	9	6	4	2	5	1	-	27
F	6	7	3	2	2	-	-	20
I	2	5	3	-	-	-	-	10
R	5	5	4	2	2	-	-	18
T	7	12	6	7	6	2	-	40
tot	44	60	44	30	22	6	1	207

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

AA x 1	AC x 17	AD x 5	AF x 3	AI x 4	AR x 17	AT x 8
CA x 18	CI x 12	CR x 7
	CRA x 4	CRI x 3
DA x 8	DI x 18	DR x 1
FA x 9	FI x 5	FR x 5	FT x 1
IC x 1	ID x 2	IF x 3	IR x 3	IT x 1
RA x 10	RI x 8
TA x 11	TI x 9	TR x 20

plu	4	5	8	9	tot
A	1	1	-	1	3
C	-	3	-	-	3
D	-	1	1	-	2
R	-	1	-	-	1
tot	1	6	1	1	9

DIFFRACT

word	length
AARTI	5
ACACIA	6
ACAI	4
ACARDIA	7
ACARDIAC	8
ACARDIACI	^† 9
ACARI	5
ACARID	6
ACCIDIA	7
ACID	4
ACIDIC	6
ACIDIFIC	8
ACRATIA	7
ACRATIC	7
ACRID	5
ACRIDID	7
ACTARIT	7
ACTI	4
ADATI	5
ADDICT	6
ADIC	4
ADIT	4
ADRIFT	6
AFFAIR	6
AFRAID	6
AFRIT	5
AIDID	5
AIRCAR	6
AIRCRAFT	8
AIRT	4
ARACARI	7
ARADID	6
ARATI	5
ARCADIA	7
ARCI	^† 4
ARCID	5
ARCTIC	6
ARCTICID	8
ARCTIID	7
ARDRI	5
ARIA	4
ARID	4
ARIDIC	6
ARIID	5
ARTIAD	6
ARTIC	5
ARTIFACT	8
ATACTIC	7
ATARACTIC	9
ATARI	5
ATRACID	7
ATRIA	^† 5
ATTIC	5
ATTID	5
ATTRIT	6
CACTI	^† 5
CADDID	6
CADI	4
CAID	4
CAIR	4
CAIRD	5
CAITIFF	7
CARDIA	6
CARDIAC	7
CARDIID	7
CARDITA	7
CARDITIC	8
CARDITID	8
CARIAD	6
CARID	5
CARRI	5
CATARACTIC	10
CATFIT	6
CICAD	5
CICADA	6
CICADID	7
CIDARID	7
CIID	4
CIRCA	5
CIRCAR	6
CIRCI	^† 5
CIRRI	^† 5
CIRRID	6
CITRI	5
CITRIC	6
CRACID	6
CRACTICID	9
CRAIC	5
CRATIC	6
CRIA	4
CRIT	4
CRITIC	6
DACITIC	7
DAIRA	5
DAIRID	6
DARI	4
DARIC	5
DATARATI	^† 8
DATARIA	7
DATI	4
DIACID	6
DIACIDIC	8
DIACRITIC	9
DIACT	5
DIAD	4
DIADIC	6
DICTA	^† 5
DIDACT	6
DIDACTIC	8
DIDI	4
DIFF	4
DIFFRACT	8	pangram
DIRA	4
DIRT	4
DITA	4
DITACTIC	8
DITT	4
DITTI	5
DRIFT	5
FACIA	5
FACTIC	6
FAIR	4
FAIRD	5
FAIT	4
FARADAIC	8
FARADIC	7
FARARI	6
FATIDIC	7
FIAR	4
FIAT	4
FICID	5
FIFI	4
FITRA	5
FRACTI	6
FRATI	5
FRIAR	5
FRIT	4
FRITTATA	8
FTIRA	5
ICTIC	5
IDDAT	5
IDIC	4
IFRIT	5
IFTAAR	6
IFTAR	5
IRID	4
IRIDIC	6
IRITIC	6
ITTAR	5
RADIAD	6
RADIATA	7
RADIF	5
RADII	^† 5
RAFFIA	6
RAIAT	5
RAID	4
RAITA	5
RATAFIA	7
RATARDID	8
RIAD	4
RIATA	5
RICRAC	6
RIFF	4
RIFFRAFF	8
RIFT	4
RITARD	6
RITT	4
TACIT	5
TACTIC	6
TACTITIC	8
TAFIA	5
TAIRA	5
TAIT	4
TARAI	5
TARAIRI	7
TARICTIC	8
TARIFF	6
TARTARIC	8
TIAR	4
TIARA	5
TIATR	5
TICTAC	6
TIDIACIC	8
TIFF	4
TIFT	4
TIRR	4
TITI	4
TRAFFIC	7
TRAIF	5
TRAIT	5
TRIAC	5
TRIACID	7
TRIACIDIC	9
TRIACT	6
TRIAD	5
TRIADIC	7
TRIARII	7
TRIATIC	7
TRICA	5
TRICAR	6
TRICTRAC	8
TRIFF	5
TRIFFID	7
TRIFID	6
TRIRADII	8
TRIT	4
TRITACTIC	9

† plural noun

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