August 9, 2020: Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More

August 9, 2020 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 9, 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 9, 2020

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Center letter C: October 1, 2023
Center letter M: March 3, 2022

words: 148
score: 793 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 11
bingo: yes

A x 15
C x 20
E x 7
M x 4
N x 8
P x 76
T x 18

4L x 32
5L x 29
6L x 38
7L x 28
8L x 12
9L x 4
10L x 3
11L x 1
12L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	tot
A	1	4	3	2	2	2	1	-	-	15
C	4	2	6	6	1	-	1	-	-	20
E	2	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	7
M	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	4
N	4	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	8
P	15	15	18	18	6	2	-	1	1	76
T	6	3	7	-	2	-	-	-	-	18
tot	32	29	38	28	12	4	3	1	1	148

plu	5	6	7	8	tot
A	-	1	-	-	1
C	-	1	-	-	1
P	1	3	3	1	8
T	-	-	-	1	1
tot	1	5	3	2	11

ENCAMPMENT

word	length
PENTAACETATE	12
PENTACETATE	11
ACCEPTANCE	10
CATEPANATE	10
ENCAMPMENT	10	pangram
ACCEPTANT	9	disallowed elsewhere
APPETENCE	9
PENTACENE	9
PENTETATE	9
ACCEPTEE	8
APPETENT	8
CAMPMATE	8
NAMETAPE	8
PANACAEA	8
PANACEAE	^† 8
PANACEAN	8
PANCETTA	8
PATENTEE	8
PENTAENE	8
TENPENCE	^† 8
TEPETATE	8
ANAPNEA	7
ATTEMPT	7
CAMPANA	7
CAMPANE	7
CAPETTE	7
CATAPAN	7
CATEPAN	7
CEPAENE	7
MANTAPA	7
MATAPEE	7
PACEMAN	7
PACEMEN	^† 7
PAMPEAN	7
PANACEA	7
PEATMAN	7
PEATMEN	^† 7
PECCANT	7	disallowed elsewhere
PECTATE	7
PENANCE	7
PENNAME	7
PENNANT	7
PENNATE	7
PENTACT	7
PENTANE	7
PENTATE	7
PENTENE	7
PETEMAN	7
PETEMEN	^† 7
ACCEPT	6
APEMAN	6
APEMEN	^† 6
CANAPE	6
CAPPAE	^† 6
CAPTAN	6
CAPTEE	6
CATNAP	6
CATNEP	6
ENCAMP	6
MAPPEN	6
METEPA	6
NEPETA	6
PACCAN	6
PAEPAE	6
PANAMA	6
PANMAN	6
PANMEN	^† 6
PATACA	6
PATENA	6
PATENT	6
PATTEE	6
PATTEN	6
PEACEN	6
PECTEN	6
PEEPEE	6
PENMAN	6
PENMEN	^† 6
PENNAE	^† 6
PENTET	6
PETNAP	6
TAMPAN	6
TAPETA	6
TAPPEE	6
TAPPEN	6
TAPPET	6
TEEPEE	6
TEPPAN	6
APACE	5
APNEA	5
APPAM	5
ATTAP	5
CAPEA	5
CAPPA	5
EPACT	5
EPEEN	5
EPEME	5
NAPPA	5
NAPPE	5
PACTA	5
PAEAN	5
PAMPA	5
PANNE	5
PATEN	5
PATTE	5
PEACE	5
PECAN	5
PEENT	5
PENAM	5
PENCE	^† 5
PENEM	5
PENNA	5
PENNE	5
PETTA	5
TAPPA	5
TEMPT	5
TEPEE	5
ATAP	4
CAMP	4
CAPA	4
CAPE	4
CEPE	4
EMPT	4
EPEE	4
NAPA	4
NAPE	4
NEAP	4
NEEP	4
PAAN	4
PACA	4
PACE	4
PACT	4
PANE	4
PANT	4
PAPA	4
PAPE	4
PATE	4
PEAN	4
PEAT	4
PEEN	4
PEEP	4
PENT	4
PETE	4
TAMP	4
TAPA	4
TAPE	4
TEMP	4
TEPA	4
TEPE	4

† plural noun

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