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
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 1, 2020, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter OCEINTX
Spelling Bee for October 1, 2020

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

words: 62
score: 337 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 2
plurals: 2
bingo: yes

C x 20
E x 3
I x 10
N x 11
O x 5
T x 12
X x 1

4L x 17
5L x 13
6L x 10
7L x 8
8L x 4
9L x 3
10L x 5
11L x 1
12L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot
C 4 2 3 6 - 1 4 - - 20
E - - 1 1 - - 1 - - 3
I 2 1 2 - 1 2 - 1 1 10
N 4 2 3 - 2 - - - - 11
O 3 2 - - - - - - - 5
T 4 5 1 1 1 - - - - 12
X - 1 - - - - - - - 1
tot 17 13 10 8 4 3 5 1 1 62

cmp 4 tot
I 1 1
O 1 1
tot 2 2

plu 4 5 tot
C - 1 1
O 1 - 1
tot 1 1 2

debut appearances 22

EXTINCTION

word       length      
COCCI  5
COCOON 6
COIN 4
CONCEIT 7 debut
CONCOCT 7
CONCOCTION 10
CONE 4
CONIC 5
CONNECT 7
CONNECTION 10 debut
CONNOTE 7
CONTENT 7
CONTENTION 10 debut
CONTEXT 7 debut
CONTINENCE 10 debut
CONTINENT 9 debut
COOT 4
COOTIE 6
COTE 4
COTTON 6
ECOTONE 7
EXOTIC 6 debut
EXTINCTION 10 pangram, debut
ICON 4
ICONIC 6
INCONTINENCE 12 debut
INCONTINENT 11 debut
INNOCENCE 9 debut
INNOCENT 8 debut
INTENTION 9 debut
INTO * 4
INTONE 6 debut
IONIC 5
NEOCON 6
NEON 4
NICOTINE 8 debut
NONCE 5
NONE 4
NONET 5
NONTOXIC 8 debut
NOON 4
NOTE 4
NOTICE 6 debut
NOTION 6
OCTET 5
ONCE 4
ONION 5
ONTO * 4
OXEN  4
TECTONIC 8 debut
TENON 5
TONE 4
TONIC 5
TONNE 5
TONTINE 7 debut
TOON 4
TOONIE 6 debut
TOOT 4
TOTE 4
TOXIC 5 debut
TOXIN 5 debut
XENON 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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