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August 23, 2020 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 23, 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.

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center letter IACDFRT
Spelling Bee for August 23, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter R: January 30, 2024
Center letter C: January 11, 2022
Center letter F: May 22, 2019

words: 39
score: 244 pts
pangrams: 1
plurals: 5

A x 13
C x 7
D x 6
F x 2
R x 4
T x 7

5L x 15
6L x 14
7L x 3
8L x 6
9L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 3 7 1 2 - 13
C 3 3 1 - - 7
D 2 1 - 2 1 6
F 1 - - 1 - 2
R 2 1 - 1 - 4
T 4 2 1 - - 7
tot 15 14 3 6 1 39

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AC x 3 AD x 2 AF x 2 AI x 1 AR x 3 AT x 2
CA x 2 CI x 4 CR x 1
CIC x 1 CIR x 2 CIT x 1
DI x 5 DR x 1
FR x 2
RA x 3 RI x 1
TA x 3 TI x 1 TR x 3

plu 5 tot
A 1 1
C 2 2
D 1 1
R 1 1
tot 5 5

DIFFRACT

word       length      
ACACIA 6
ACIDIC 6
ACRID 5
ADDICT 6
ADRIFT 6
AFFAIR 6
AFRAID 6
AIRCRAFT 8
ARCADIA 7
ARCTIC 6
ARTIFACT 8
ATRIA  5
ATTIC 5
CACTI  5
CARDIAC 7
CICADA 6
CIRCA 5
CIRRI  5
CITRIC 6
CRITIC 6
DIACRITIC 9
DICTA  5
DIDACT 6
DIDACTIC 8
DIFFRACT 8 pangram
DRIFT 5
FRIAR 5
FRITTATA 8
RADII  5
RAFFIA 6
RAITA 5
RIFFRAFF 8
TACIT 5
TACTIC 6
TARIFF 6
TIARA 5
TRAFFIC 7
TRAIT 5
TRIAD 5

† plural noun

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