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October 18, 2020 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 18, 2020, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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center letter ADINOPR
Spelling Bee for October 18, 2020

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Center letter N: January 24, 2024
Center letter I: May 26, 2022
Center letter P: April 18, 2021

words: 36
score: 229 pts
pangrams: 2
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AD x 1 AI x 1 AN x 3 AP x 3 AR x 1
DI x 1 DO x 1 DR x 1
IN x 1
NA x 2 NO x 1
OR x 1
PA x 7 PI x 1 PO x 2
RA x 8 RI x 1
RAD x 5 RAI x 1 RAP x 2

plu 5 tot
P 1 1
R 1 1
tot 2 2

debut appearances 10
previously disallowed debuts 1

PARANOID, RAINDROP

word       length      
ADORN 5
AIRDROP 7 debut
ANDIRON 7 debut
ANDROID 7 debut
ANION 5
APIAN 5
APIARIAN 8 debut, previously disallowed, disallowed elsewhere
APRON 5
ARDOR 5
DINAR 5
DOODAD 6
DRAIN 5
INROAD 6 debut
NADIR 5
NAIAD 5
NONPAID 7
ORDAIN 6 debut
PANDA 5
PANINI 6
PARADOR 7
PARADROP 8
PARANOIA 8 debut
PARANOID 8 pangram, debut
PARDON 6
PIANO 5
PODIA  5
POPPA 5
RADAR 5
RADIAN 6
RADII  5
RADIO 5 debut
RADON 5
RAINDROP 8 pangram, debut
RAPID 5
RAPINI 6
RIPARIAN 8

† plural noun

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