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October 11, 2020 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 11, 2020, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter FCEILNT
Spelling Bee for October 11, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter C: October 28, 2022
Center letter L: August 8, 2021

words: 43
score: 187 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 2
plurals: 1

C x 3
E x 4
F x 24
I x 6
L x 5
T x 1

4L x 17
5L x 8
6L x 11
7L x 3
8L x 2
9L x 1
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 11 tot
C 1 2 - - - - - 3
E - 1 2 - - 1 - 4
F 12 5 6 1 - - - 24
I - - 2 2 1 - 1 6
L 3 - 1 - 1 - - 5
T 1 - - - - - - 1
tot 17 8 11 3 2 1 1 43

cmp 6 8 tot
I 1 - 1
L - 1 1
tot 1 1 2

plu 4 tot
F 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 2
previously disallowed debuts 1

INFLECT

word       length      
CLEF 4
CLEFT 5
CLIFF 5
EFFECT 6
EFFETE 6
EFFICIENT 9
ELFIN 5
FEEL 4
FEET  4
FEINT 5
FELINE 6
FELL 4
FELT 4
FENCE 5
FENNEL 6
FETE 4
FETTLE 6
FIEF 4
FIFE 4
FIFTEEN 7
FILE 4
FILET 5
FILL 4
FILLET 6
FINE 4
FINITE 6
FLEE 4
FLEECE 6
FLEET 5
FLINT 5
FLIT 4
INEFFICIENT 11
INFECT 6
INFILL * 6
INFINITE 8
INFLECT 7 perfect pangram, debut
INFLICT 7
LEFT 4
LEFTIE 6 debut, previously disallowed
LIFE 4
LIFELINE * 8
LIFT 4
TIFF 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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