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
August 16, 2020 | Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 16, 2020, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter ACFILNU
Spelling Bee for August 16, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter F: March 20, 2024
Center letter I: February 6, 2023
Center letter L: January 11, 2021

words: 52
score: 225 pts
pangrams: 1
compounds: 1
plurals: 3
bingo: yes

A x 8
C x 14
F x 14
I x 1
L x 9
N x 5
U x 1

4L x 19
5L x 12
6L x 14
7L x 3
8L x 2
9L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 2 2 3 1 - - 8
C 4 4 2 2 1 1 14
F 4 3 5 - 1 1 14
I - 1 - - - - 1
L 4 2 3 - - - 9
N 4 - 1 - - - 5
U 1 - - - - - 1
tot 19 12 14 3 2 2 52

cmp 6 tot
F 1 1
tot 1 1

plu 5 6 7 tot
A - 1 - 1
C 1 - 1 2
tot 1 1 1 3

FANCIFUL

word       length      
ACACIA 6
ACAI 4
ALFALFA 7
ANAL 4
ANNAL 5
ANNUAL 6
ANNUL 5
ANNULI  6
CALCULI  7
CALF 4
CALL 4
CALLA 5
CANAL 5
CANCAN 6
CANFUL 6 disallowed elsewhere
CANNA 5
CANNULA 7
CAUL 4
CILIA  5
CLAN 4
CLINICAL 8
CLINICIAN 9
FACIAL 6
FAIL 4
FALL 4
FANCIFUL 8 pangram
FANFIC * 6
FAUN 4
FAUNA 5
FAUNAL 6
FILIAL 6
FINAL 5
FINANCIAL 9
FINIAL 6
FLAIL 5
FLAN 4
ILIAC 5
LACUNA 6
LAIC 4
LAICAL 6
LAIN 4
LANAI 5
LILAC 5
LUAU 4
LUNA 4
LUNULA 6
NAAN 4
NAIF 4
NAIL 4
NANA 4
NIACIN 6
ULNA 4

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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