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October 9, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 9, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with LL.


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center letter NACILOV
Spelling Bee for October 9, 2020

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Center letter V: August 3, 2024

words: 296
score: 1,834 pts
pangrams: 12
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

A x 57
C x 70
I x 17
L x 35
N x 69
O x 14
V x 34

4L x 52
5L x 56
6L x 55
7L x 53
8L x 40
9L x 19
10L x 10
11L x 6
12L x 5

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
A 7 13 11 16 5 3 1 - 1 57
C 6 14 16 13 8 9 1 2 1 70
I 4 5 5 1 1 - 1 - - 17
L 9 9 8 5 4 - - - - 35
N 21 8 7 7 9 5 5 4 3 69
O 2 2 5 3 2 - - - - 14
V 3 5 3 8 11 2 2 - - 34
tot 52 56 55 53 40 19 10 6 5 296

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 12 AI x 1 AL x 9 AN x 28 AV x 7
CA x 22 CI x 6 CL x 11 CO x 31
IC x 3 IL x 2 IN x 9 IO x 1 IV x 2
LA x 14 LI x 11 LL x 1 LO x 9
LLA x 1
NA x 15 NI x 5 NO x 49
OI x 1 OL x 4 ON x 7 OO x 1 OV x 1
VA x 12 VI x 19 VO x 3

plu 4 6 7 8 tot
A - - 1 - 1
C - - 1 1 2
I - 1 - - 1
O 1 - - - 1
tot 1 1 2 1 5

CONCANAVALIN, CONVIVIAL, NONCIVILIAN, NONCONVIVIAL, NONVOCALIC, NONVOLCANIC, OLIVANIC, VACCINIOLA, VILLANCICO, VINCANOL, VOCALION, VOLCANIC

word       length      
ALLOCOLONIAL 12
CONCANAVALIN 12 pangram
NONCANONICAL 12
NONCLINICIAN 12
NONCONVIVIAL 12 pangram
CICLACILLIN 11
COLOCOLONIC 11
NONCIVILIAN 11 pangram
NONCLINICAL 11
NONCOLONIAL 11
NONVOLCANIC 11 pangram
ACANONICAL 10
CONVICILIN 10
ILICICOLIN 10
NONCOLONIC 10
NONCONICAL 10
NONVANILLA 10
NONVILLAIN 10
NONVOCALIC 10 pangram
VACCINIOLA 10 pangram
VILLANCICO 10 pangram
ACLINICAL 9
ANACLINAL 9
ANNONACIN 9
CALOCININ 9
CANAVALIN 9
CANONICAL 9
CINCINNAL 9
CLINICIAN 9
CLOACINAL 9
COCILLANA 9
COLCANNON 9
CONVIVIAL 9 pangram
NANOCANAL 9
NONCALCIC 9
NONCLONAL 9
NONICONIC 9
NONILLION 9
VACCINIAL 9
VAINILLAL 9
ACIVICIN 8
ALANINOL 8
ANICONIC 8
ANILINIC 8
AVIALIAN 8
CINCINNI  8
CIVILIAN 8
CLAVACIN 8
CLINICAL 8
COLLACIN 8
COLOANAL 8
COLONIAL 8
CONVIVIA 8
ICONICAL 8
LACINIAL 8
LACONICA 8
LANCININ 8
LINALOOL 8
NONANOIC 8
NONAVIAN 8
NONCANAL 8
NONCIVIL 8
NONCOCOA 8
NONIONIC 8
NONLOCAL 8
NONNAVAL 8
NONVOCAL 8
OLIVANIC 8 pangram
OLIVINIC 8
VACCINAL 8
VACCINIA 8
VANILLIC 8
VANILLIN 8
VICIANIN 8
VICILLIN 8
VINCANOL 8 pangram
VINCINAL 8
VIOLINIC 8
VOCALION 8 pangram
VOLCANIC 8 pangram
ACACIIN 7
ACINACI  7
ACLINAL 7
ACLINIC 7
ACLONAL 7
ALCANNA 7
ALLICIN 7
ANCILIA 7
ANCILLA 7
ANCONAL 7
ANILINO 7
ANILLIN 7
ANIONIC 7
ANNONIN 7
AVIALAN 7
AVIONIC 7
CALCIAN 7
CALCINO 7
CALOCIN 7
CANNOLI 7
CANNOLO 7
CANONIC 7
CICINNI  7
CLOACIN 7
COLANIC 7
COLICIN 7
COLONIC 7
CONICAL 7
COONCAN 7
INCIVIL 7 disallowed elsewhere
LACINIA 7
LACONIC 7
LANOLIN 7
LILACIN 7
LINALOL 7
NONANAL 7
NONANOL 7
NONCALL 7
NONCOAL 7
NONCOLA 7
NONOVAL 7
NOVALIA 7
ONCILLA 7
ONICOLO 7
OOLICAN 7
VALONIA 7
VANILLA 7
VICILIN 7
VICINAL 7
VILLAIN 7
VILLIAN 7
VINALON 7
VOLCANO 7
ACACIN 6
ACINIC 6
ALANNA 6
ALLIIN 6
ALNICO 6
ANCONA 6
ANICCA 6
ANILIC 6
ANNONA 6
AVANIA 6
AVICIN 6
CACOON 6
CALCIN 6
CANCAN 6
CANINI 6
CANNON 6
CANOLA 6
CLINAL 6
CLINIA 6
CLINIC 6
CLONAL 6 disallowed elsewhere
CLONIC 6
COCAIN 6
COCONA 6
COCOON 6
COILIN 6
COLONI 6
ICONIC 6
ILICIN 6
INCALL 6
INCAVI  6
INCAVO 6
LACCIN 6
LALLAN 6
LANCIN 6
LANIOL 6
LAVANI 6
LINOLA 6
LOANIN 6
LONNIN 6
NANNAN 6
NIACIN 6
NOCINO 6
NONILL 6
NONION 6
NONOIL 6
NOVAIN 6
OILCAN 6
OLIVIN 6
ONLOAN 6
ONONIN 6
OVONIC 6
VILLAN 6
VIOLAN 6
VIOLIN 6
ACANA 5
ACINI 5
AINOI 5
ALOIN 5
ANANA 5
ANCON 5
ANION 5
ANNAL 5
ANOIA 5
ANONA 5
ANVIL 5
AVIAN 5
AVION 5
CALIN 5
CANAL 5
CANNA 5
CANON 5
CAVAN 5
CAVIN 5
COION 5
COLIN 5
COLON 5
CONAL 5
CONIA 5
CONIC 5
CONVO 5
COVIN 5
INIAC 5
INIAL 5
INION 5
IONIC 5
IVAIN 5
LANAI 5
LIANA 5
LINAC 5
LININ 5
LIVIN 5
LLANO 5
LOCIN 5
LOCON 5
LONCO 5
NALLA 5
NANNA 5
NAVAL 5
NINON 5
NIVAL 5
NONIC 5
NONNA 5
NONNO 5
OLONA 5
ONION 5
VANIN 5
VANNA 5
VINAL 5
VINCA 5
VINIC 5
ALAN 4
ANAL 4
ANAN 4
ANIL 4
ANNA 4
ANOA 4
ANON 4
CANN 4
CION 4
CLAN 4
COIN 4
CONI 4
CONN 4
ICON 4
INCA 4
INIA 4
IVAN 4
LAIN 4
LANA 4
LINN 4
LINO 4
LION 4
LOAN 4
LOIN 4
LONA 4
LOON 4
NAAI 4
NAAN 4
NAIL 4
NAIN 4
NAIO 4
NALA 4
NALL 4
NANA 4
NANO 4
NAOI 4
NILL 4
NINA 4
NOIL 4
NOLA 4
NOLL 4
NOLO 4
NONI 4
NONO 4
NOON 4
NOVA 4
NOVI 4
ONIA 4
ONOI  4
VAIN 4
VINA 4
VINO 4

† plural noun

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