Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
September 17, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 17, 2020, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter AFILNPU
Spelling Bee for September 17, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter P: October 23, 2022
Center letter F: May 27, 2021

words: 209
score: 913 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

A x 40
F x 23
I x 13
L x 21
N x 22
P x 74
U x 16

4L x 70
5L x 61
6L x 41
7L x 27
8L x 8
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 8 17 8 7 - - 40
F 10 7 5 1 - - 23
I 3 4 3 2 1 - 13
L 9 6 4 1 1 - 21
N 13 4 1 2 2 - 22
P 22 19 17 12 3 1 74
U 5 4 3 2 1 1 16
tot 70 61 41 27 8 2 209

plu 4 6 tot
A - 1 1
I 1 - 1
tot 1 1 2

PAINFUL, PLAINFUL, UNPAINFUL

word       length      
AALII 5
AFALINA 7
AFFINAL 7
AFLAP 5
ALAAP 5
ALALA 5
ALALIA 6
ALAN 4
ALANNA 6
ALAP 4
ALAPA 5
ALAPANA 7
ALFAIA 6
ALFALFA 7
ALFIL 5
ALFIN 5
ALIF 4
ALLIIN 6
ALNUIN 6
ALNULIN 7
ALULA 5
ANAL 4
ANAN 4
ANANA 5
ANIL 4
ANILLIN 7
ANNA 4
ANNAL 5
ANNUAL 6
ANNUL 5
ANNULI  6
APALA 5
APIAN 5
APIIN 5
APPAL 5
APPALL 6
APPUI 5
APUFF 5
AUFLAUF 7
AULA 4
FAAL 4
FAFF 4
FAIL 4
FAIN 4
FALL 4
FALLAL 6
FANA 4
FANAL 5
FAUN 4
FAUNA 5
FAUNAL 6
FAUNULA 7
FILA 4
FILIAL 6
FINAL 5
FINIAL 6
FINNA 5
FLAFF 5
FLAIL 5
FLAN 4
FLAP 4
FULLA 5
FUNANA 6
ILALA 5
ILIA  4
ILIAL 5
ILUPAI 6
ILUPPAI 7
INAU 4
INFALL 6
INFAUNA 7
INFAUNAL 8
INFULA 6
INIA 4
INIAL 5
INULA 5
LAIN 4
LALL 4
LALLAN 6
LANA 4
LANAI 5
LAPA 4
LAPALAPA 8
LAPFUL 6
LAPILLI 7
LAPIN 5
LAPPA 5
LAUAN 5
LAULAU 6
LIANA 5
LILA 4
LIPA 4
LUAN 4
LUAU 4
LUFFA 5
LUNA 4
LUNULA 6
NAAI 4
NAAN 4
NAFF 4
NAIF 4
NAIL 4
NAILFUL 7
NAIN 4
NALA 4
NALL 4
NALLA 5
NANA 4
NANNA 5
NANNAN 6
NAPA 4
NAPPA 5
NAPU 4
NAUPLIAL 8
NAUPLII 7
NIFFNAFF 8
NINA 4
NIPA 4
NULLA 5
PAAN 4
PAIL 4
PAILA 5
PAILFUL 7
PAIN 4
PAINFUL 7 perfect pangram
PALA 4
PALAPA 6 allowed elsewhere
PALI 4
PALILALIA 9
PALINAL 7
PALL 4
PALLA 5
PALLIA 6
PALLIAL 7
PALLU 5
PALP 4
PALPAL 6
PALPI 5
PALULI 6
PANFUL 6
PANIN 5
PANINI 6
PANNI 5
PAPA 4
PAPAIA 6
PAPAIN 6
PAPAL 5
PAPAU 5
PAPI 4
PAPILLA 7
PAPPI 5
PAPULA 6
PAPULLA 7
PAUA 4
PAUL 4
PAULIN 6
PFAFF 5
PIAI 4
PIAL 4
PIAN 4
PILA 4
PILAF 5
PILAFF 6
PILAU 5
PILLAU 6
PINA 4
PINFALL 7
PINNA 5
PINNAL 6
PINNULA 7
PIPA 4
PIPAL 5
PIPPIAN 7
PLAIN 5
PLAINFUL 8 pangram
PLAN 4
PLANA 5
PLANAL 6
PLANFUL 7
PLANULA 7
PLAP 4
PUFFA 5
PULA 4
PULLA 5
PULLULAN 8
PULPAL 6
PUNA 4
PUNALUA 7
PUNALUAN 8
PUNANI 6
PUNNAI 6
PUPA 4
PUPAL 5
UINAL 5
ULAN 4
ULNA 4
ULPAN 5
UNAI 4
UNAL 4
UNAU 4
UNFAIL 6
UNFILIAL 8
UNFINAL 7
UNLAP 5
UNNAIL 6
UNPAINFUL 9 pangram
UNPLAIN 7
UNPLAN 6
UPUPA 5

† plural noun

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