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August 18, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from August 18, 2020, including disallowed words, plus the three-letter tally for words beginning with KA.


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center letter LABEKNO
Spelling Bee for August 18, 2020

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Center letter O: August 10, 2023
Center letter E: March 31, 2021

words: 249
score: 1,196 pts
pangrams: 3
bingo: yes

A x 46
B x 67
E x 9
K x 30
L x 54
N x 27
O x 16

4L x 77
5L x 59
6L x 46
7L x 32
8L x 22
9L x 8
10L x 2
11L x 2
13L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 tot
A 10 13 10 8 2 1 2 - - 46
B 22 13 10 11 8 3 - - - 67
E 3 1 1 1 2 1 - - - 9
K 8 9 6 4 2 1 - - - 30
L 23 12 13 1 4 1 - - - 54
N 7 5 2 6 3 1 - 2 1 27
O 4 6 4 1 1 - - - - 16
tot 77 59 46 32 22 8 2 2 1 249

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AB x 7 AK x 1 AL x 30 AN x 7 AO x 1
BA x 23 BE x 9 BL x 17 BO x 18
EL x 2 EN x 7
KA x 9 KE x 6 KL x 1 KN x 4 KO x 10
KAB x 4 KAL x 4 KAN x 1
LA x 17 LE x 15 LL x 1 LO x 21
NA x 8 NE x 2 NO x 17
OB x 3 OK x 1 OL x 8 ON x 2 OO x 2

debut appearances 5

ANKLEBONE, BONKABLE, NONBANKABLE

word       length      
ABALONE 7 debut
ABANAL 6
ABELE 5
ABLE 4
ABLEN 5
ABOLLA 6
ABOLLAE 7
AKELA 5
ALAE 4
ALALA 5
ALAN 4
ALANE 5
ALANNA 6
ALBA 4
ALBAN 5
ALBANE 6
ALBANOL 7
ALBE 4
ALBOLL 6
ALEAK 5
ALEE 4
ALKANAL 7
ALKANE 6
ALKANOL 7
ALKANONE 8
ALKENAL 7
ALKENE 6
ALKENOL 7
ALKENONE 8
ALLEE 5
ALLELE 6
ALLENE 6
ALLENOL 7
ALLOALLELE 10
ALOE 4
ALOLL 5
ALONE 5 debut
ALOO 4
ANAL 4
ANKLE 5
ANKLEBONE 9 pangram, debut
ANNAL 5
ANNEAL 6
ANNEALABLE 10
ANOLE 5
AOLE 4
BAAL 4
BABALA 6
BABBLE 6
BABEL 5
BAEL 4
BAKABLE 7
BAKEABLE 8
BALBOA 6
BALE 4
BALEEN 6
BALK 4
BALL 4
BALLAN 6
BALLEAN 7
BALLON 6
BALLONNE 8
BALLOON 7
BALNEABLE 9
BALNEAL 7
BALOO 5
BANAL 5
BANKABLE 8
BANNABLE 8
BEABLE 6
BEAL 4
BEANBALL 8
BEEL 4
BELL 4
BELLE 5
BELLO 5
BELLONEON 9
BELOOK 6
BLAA 4
BLAB 4
BLAE 4
BLAK 4
BLAKE 5
BLANK 5
BLANKABLE 9
BLANKEN 7
BLEA 4
BLEAK 5
BLEAKEN 7
BLEB 4
BLEE 4
BLOAK 5
BLOB 4
BLOKE 5 debut
BLOOK 5
BOBBLE 6
BOBBOL 6
BOBOL 5
BOBOLEE 7
BOLA 4
BOLE 4
BOLENOL 7
BOLK 4
BOLL 4
BOLO 4
BOLON 5
BONABLE 7
BONEABLE 8
BONKABLE 8 pangram
BOOABLE 7
BOOKABLE 8 allowed elsewhere
BOOL 4
BOOLEAN 7
ELAN 4
ELLEN 5
ENABLABLE 9
ENABLE 6
ENAL 4
ENALLENE 8
ENKENNEL 8
ENNOBLE 7
ENOL 4
KABALA 6
KABBALA 7
KABELE 6
KABLOONA 8
KALE 4
KALLALOO 8
KALO 4
KALON 5
KANKLE 6
KEBELE 6
KEBELLE 7
KEEL 4
KELEBE 6
KELL 4
KENNEL 6
KLEENEBOK 9
KNEEL 5
KNELL 5
KNOBBLE 7
KNOLL 5
KOALA 5
KOEL 4
KOKLE 5
KOLA 4
KOLAK 5
KOLEA 5
KOLK 4
KOLO 4
KOLOA 5
KOLONOK 7
LABANA 6
LABANE 6
LABBA 5
LABEL 5
LABELABLE 9
LABELLA 7
LABLAB 6
LABNA 5
LABNE 5
LAKE 4
LALL 4
LALLAN 6
LALO 4
LANA 4
LANE 4
LANK 4
LANKEN 6
LEAK 4
LEAKABLE 8
LEAKEE 6
LEAL 4
LEAN 4
LEBAN 5
LEBBAN 6
LEBBEK 6
LEBEN 5
LEBNA 5
LEEK 4
LEKE 4
LENE 4
LENO 4
LEONE 5
LLANO 5
LOAN 4
LOANABLE 8 debut
LOANEE 6
LOBAL 5
LOBE 4
LOBO 4
LOBOLA 6
LOBOLO 6
LOKAO 5
LOKE 4
LOLL 4
LONA 4
LONE 4
LONKO 5
LONNEN 6
LOOB 4
LOOK 4
LOOKABLE 8
LOOKBOOK 8 allowed elsewhere
LOOKEE 6
LOON 4
NABAL 5
NABLA 5
NALA 4
NALL 4
NALLA 5
NANOBALL 8
NANOBALLOON 11
NANOBEL 7
NEAL 4
NEBEL 5
NOBBLE 6
NOBLE 5
NOEL 4
NOLA 4
NOLL 4
NOLO 4
NONALLELE 9
NONANAL 7
NONANNEALABLE 13
NONANOL 7
NONBALL 7
NONBANKABLE 11 pangram
NONBLANK 8
NONENAL 7
NONLAB 6
NONLAKE 7
NONNOBLE 8
OBOL 4
OBOLE 5
OBOLO 5
OKOLE 5
OLEA 4
OLEANANE 8
OLEO 4
OLEON 5
OLEONE 6
OLLA 4
OLONA 5
OLONKA 6
ONLOAN 6
ONLOOK 6
OOLAK 5
OOLAKAN 7

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