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October 9, 2020 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 9, 2020, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


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.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


center letter NACILOV
Spelling Bee for October 9, 2020

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words: 48
score: 333 pts
pangrams: 2
bingo: yes

A x 5
C x 22
I x 3
L x 4
N x 6
O x 2
V x 6

5L x 14
6L x 10
7L x 11
8L x 7
9L x 5
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 11 tot
A 4 - 1 - - - 5
C 5 6 4 3 4 - 22
I 1 1 1 - - - 3
L 2 - 2 - - - 4
N 1 1 - 2 1 1 6
O 1 1 - - - - 2
V - 1 3 2 - - 6
tot 14 10 11 7 5 1 48

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AN x 4 AV x 1
CA x 9 CI x 1 CL x 4 CO x 8
COC x 1 COL x 4 CON x 3
IC x 1 IN x 1 IO x 1
LA x 3 LL x 1
NA x 1 NI x 1 NO x 4
OI x 1 ON x 1
VA x 2 VI x 2 VO x 2

debut appearances 16

CONVIVIAL, VOLCANIC

word       length      
ANION 5 debut
ANIONIC 7 debut
ANNAL 5
ANVIL 5
AVIAN 5
CANAL 5
CANCAN 6
CANNA 5
CANNOLI 7 debut
CANNON 6
CANOLA 6
CANON 5
CANONIC 7 debut
CANONICAL 9 debut
CIVILIAN 8
CLINIC 6
CLINICAL 8
CLINICIAN 9
CLONAL 6 disallowed elsewhere
COCOON 6
COLCANNON 9
COLON 5
COLONIAL 8 debut
COLONIC 7
CONIC 5
CONICAL 7 debut
CONVIVIAL 9 pangram, debut
ICONIC 6
INCIVIL 7 disallowed elsewhere
IONIC 5
LACONIC 7 debut
LANAI 5
LANOLIN 7 debut
LLANO 5
NAVAL 5
NIACIN 6
NONCLINICAL 11 debut
NONILLION 9
NONLOCAL 8
NONVOCAL 8 debut
OILCAN 6 debut
ONION 5
VANILLA 7
VANILLIN 8
VILLAIN 7
VIOLIN 6 debut
VOLCANIC 8 pangram, debut
VOLCANO 7 debut

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