February 19, 2020 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 19, 2020, alongside other analysis.
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Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
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Related puzzles
Center letter M: August 3, 2023Center letter N: September 10, 2020
Center letter I: May 15, 2019
words: 39
score: 209 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
plurals: 2
bingo: yes
A x 6
I x 2
M x 8
N x 1
R x 6
T x 14
V x 2
4L x 9
5L x 6
6L x 11
7L x 8
8L x 4
9L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | tot | |
| A | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
| I | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| M | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 |
| N | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| T | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 14 |
| V | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| tot | 9 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 39 |
Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
| AI x 1 | AR x 2 | AT x 2 | AV x 1 |
| IN x 1 | IR x 1 | ||
| MA x 8 | |||
| NI x 1 | |||
| RA x 6 | |||
| TA x 6 | TI x 1 | TR x 7 | |
| VA x 2 |
| plu | 5 | 6 | tot |
| A | 1 | - | 1 |
| T | - | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| debut appearances | 0 |
VARMINT
| word | length | |||
| AIRMAN | 6 | |||
| ARIA | 4 | |||
| ARRANT | 6 | |||
| ATRIA | † 5 | |||
| ATTAR | 5 | |||
| AVATAR | 6 | |||
| INVARIANT | 9 | |||
| IRRITANT | 8 | |||
| MANTRA | 6 | |||
| MARINA | 6 | |||
| MARINARA | 8 | |||
| MARM | 4 | |||
| MART | 4 | |||
| MARTIAN | 7 | |||
| MARTIN | 6 | |||
| MARTINI | 7 | |||
| NIRVANA | 7 | |||
| RAIN | 4 | |||
| RAITA | 5 | |||
| RANI | 4 | |||
| RANT | 4 | |||
| RATATAT | 7 | |||
| RATTAN | 6 | |||
| TAMARIN | 7 | |||
| TANTARA | 7 | |||
| TANTRA | 6 | |||
| TART | 4 | |||
| TARTAN | 6 | |||
| TARTAR | 6 | |||
| TIARA | 5 | |||
| TRAIN | 5 | |||
| TRAINMAN | 8 | disallowed elsewhere | ||
| TRAIT | 5 | |||
| TRAM | 4 | |||
| TRIM | 4 | |||
| TRIMARAN | 8 | |||
| TRIVIA | † 6 | |||
| VARIANT | 7 | |||
| VARMINT | 7 | perfect pangram |
† plural noun