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October 17, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 17, 2020, including disallowed words, 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.

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center letter HACELMY
Spelling Bee for October 17, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter C: August 17, 2023
Center letter A: July 12, 2022
Center letter M: May 13, 2021

words: 84
score: 510 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

A x 7
C x 26
E x 2
H x 23
L x 7
M x 14
Y x 5

5L x 30
6L x 34
7L x 15
8L x 2
9L x 2
10L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A 3 1 3 - - - 7
C 7 13 4 - 1 1 26
E - 1 1 - - - 2
H 9 11 3 - - - 23
L 3 3 1 - - - 7
M 5 3 3 2 1 - 14
Y 3 2 - - - - 5
tot 30 34 15 2 2 1 84

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AE x 1 AL x 4 AM x 2
CA x 3 CH x 21 CL x 2
EC x 2
HA x 16 HE x 6 HY x 1
LE x 6 LY x 1
MA x 9 ME x 3 ML x 2
YA x 1 YE x 4

debut appearances 1

ALCHEMY

word       length      
AECHMEA 7
ALCHEMY 7 perfect pangram, debut
ALLHEAL 7
ALMAH 5
ALMEH 5
AMACHA 6
AMLAH 5
CACHACA 7
CACHE 5
CALECHE 7
CHACHA 6
CHACHACHA 9
CHACHALACA 10
CHACMA 6
CHALAH 6
CHALLA 6
CHALLAH 7
CHAMA 5
CHAMAL 6
CHAMCHA 7
CHAMMY 6
CHAYA 5
CHAYAH 6
CHECHE 6
CHEEM 5
CHELA 5
CHELAE 6
CHELEM 6
CHEMMY 6
CHYLE 5
CHYME 5 allowed elsewhere
CLECHE 6
CLECHY 6
ECHELLE 7
ECHEME 6
HAEMAL 6
HALACHA 7
HALAL 5
HALALA 6
HALALAH 7
HALEEM 6
HALLAH 6
HALLAL 6
HALLEL 6
HALMA 5
HAMAL 5
HAMEL 5
HAMMAL 6
HAMMAM 6
HAMMY 5
HAYEY 5
HEALALL 7
HEALEE 6
HELLA 5
HEMAL 5 disallowed elsewhere
HEMMEL 6
HEYEM 5
HYALEA 6
LEACH 5
LEACHY 6
LECHY 5
LEECH 5
LEECHEE 7
LEECHY 6
LYCHEE 6
MACHACA 7
MACHE 5
MAHAL 5
MAHALA 6
MAHALLA 7
MAHALLAH 8
MAHALLYA 8
MAHMAL 6
MAYHEM 6
MEACH 5
MECHA 5
MEECH 5
MLECCHA 7
MLECHCHHA 9
YALAH 5
YECCH 5
YECCHY 6
YECHY 5
YEEHAH 6

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