Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
October 1, 2020 | Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 1, 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 OCEINTX
Spelling Bee for October 1, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter I: July 18, 2023
Center letter C: January 29, 2022

words: 45
score: 320 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 0
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

C x 16
E x 3
I x 8
N x 7
O x 2
T x 8
X x 1

5L x 13
6L x 10
7L x 8
8L x 4
9L x 3
10L x 5
11L x 1
12L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
C 2 3 6 - 1 4 - - 16
E - 1 1 - - 1 - - 3
I 1 2 - 1 2 - 1 1 8
N 2 3 - 2 - - - - 7
O 2 - - - - - - - 2
T 5 1 1 1 - - - - 8
X 1 - - - - - - - 1
tot 13 10 8 4 3 5 1 1 45

plu 5 tot
C 1 1
tot 1 1

EXTINCTION

word       length      
COCCI  5
COCOON 6
CONCEIT 7
CONCOCT 7
CONCOCTION 10
CONIC 5
CONNECT 7
CONNECTION 10
CONNOTE 7
CONTENT 7
CONTENTION 10
CONTEXT 7
CONTINENCE 10
CONTINENT 9
COOTIE 6
COTTON 6
ECOTONE 7
EXOTIC 6
EXTINCTION 10 pangram
ICONIC 6
INCONTINENCE 12
INCONTINENT 11
INNOCENCE 9
INNOCENT 8
INTENTION 9
INTONE 6
IONIC 5
NEOCON 6
NICOTINE 8
NONCE 5
NONET 5
NONTOXIC 8
NOTICE 6
NOTION 6
OCTET 5
ONION 5
TECTONIC 8
TENON 5
TONIC 5
TONNE 5
TONTINE 7
TOONIE 6
TOXIC 5
TOXIN 5
XENON 5

† plural noun

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