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October 18, 2020 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 18, 2020, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with PA.


Instructions

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center letter ADINOPR
Spelling Bee for October 18, 2020

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

words: 54
score: 247 pts
pangrams: 2
compounds: 3
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

A x 12
D x 4
I x 1
N x 6
O x 1
P x 14
R x 16

4L x 18
5L x 18
6L x 7
7L x 5
8L x 6

  4 5 6 7 8 tot
A 3 5 - 3 1 12
D 1 2 1 - - 4
I - - 1 - - 1
N 3 2 - 1 - 6
O - - 1 - - 1
P 4 4 2 1 3 14
R 7 5 2 - 2 16
tot 18 18 7 5 6 54

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AD x 1 AI x 1 AN x 4 AP x 3 AR x 3
DA x 1 DI x 1 DO x 1 DR x 1
IN x 1
NA x 5 NO x 1
OR x 1
PA x 11 PI x 1 PO x 2
PAI x 3 PAN x 2 PAP x 1 PAR x 5
RA x 12 RI x 1 RO x 3

cmp 6 7 8 tot
A - 1 - 1
I 1 - - 1
R - - 1 1
tot 1 1 1 3

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
ANON 4
APIAN 5
APIARIAN 8 debut, previously disallowed, disallowed elsewhere
APRON 5
ARDOR 5
ARIA 4
ARID 4
DARN 4
DINAR 5
DOODAD 6
DRAIN 5
INROAD * 6 debut
NAAN 4
NADA 4
NADIR 5
NAIAD 5
NANA 4
NONPAID 7
ORDAIN 6 debut
PAID 4
PAIN 4
PAIR 4
PANDA 5
PANINI 6
PAPA 4
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
RAID 4
RAIN 4
RAINDROP * 8 pangram, debut
RAND 4
RANI 4
RAPID 5
RAPINI 6
RIPARIAN 8
ROAD 4
ROAN 4
ROAR 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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