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September 21, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from September 21, 2020, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

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center letter UCFINOT
Spelling Bee for September 21, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter O: January 26, 2024
Center letter N: November 22, 2021
Center letter I: March 24, 2021

words: 86
score: 465 pts
pangrams: 3
plurals: 5
bingo: yes

C x 17
F x 9
I x 6
N x 13
O x 6
T x 12
U x 23

4L x 21
5L x 18
6L x 21
7L x 11
8L x 9
9L x 3
10L x 2
11L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tot
C 3 3 5 2 2 1 1 - 17
F 3 4 1 - 1 - - - 9
I - 1 2 1 - 2 - - 6
N 3 1 4 1 2 - 1 1 13
O - - 4 1 1 - - - 6
T 6 3 - 3 - - - - 12
U 6 6 5 3 3 - - - 23
tot 21 18 21 11 9 3 2 1 86

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CO x 8 CU x 9
FI x 1 FO x 1 FU x 7
IN x 6
NO x 8 NU x 5
OF x 1 OU x 5
TO x 3 TU x 9
UN x 23

plu 4 6 tot
F 1 - 1
N - 2 2
U 1 1 2
tot 2 3 5

debut appearances 5

COFUNCTION, FUNCTION, NONFUNCTION

word       length      
COCONUT 7
COFUNCTION 10 pangram
CONTINUO 8
COUCOU 6
COUNION 7
COUNIT 6
COUNT 5
COUNTOUT 8
CUFF 4
CUFFIN 6
CUIF 4
CUIT 4
CUIUI 5
CUTIN 5
CUTINITIC 9
CUTOFF 6 debut
CUTOUT 6
FITOUT 6
FOUNT 5 debut
FUCI  4
FUFF 4
FUFU 4
FUNCT 5
FUNCTION 8 pangram, debut
FUNIC 5
FUTON 5 debut
INCONNU 7
INCUT 5
INTUIT 6
INTUITION 9
INUNCT 6
INUNCTION 9
NONCOUNT 8
NONCUT 6
NONFUNCTION 11 pangram
NONTUITION 10
NONUNION 8 allowed elsewhere
NONUNIT 7
NOUN 4
NOUT 4
NUCIN 5
NUNCII  6
NUNCIO 6 allowed elsewhere
NUNTII  6
NUNU 4
OFFCUT 6
OUTCON 6
OUTCOUNT 8
OUTCUT 6
OUTFIT 6 debut
OUTFOOT 7
TOFU 4
TOUN 4
TOUT 4
TUFF 4
TUFFOON 7
TUFT 4
TUITION 7
TUNIC 5
TUNICIN 7
TUTIN 5
TUTTI 5
TUTU 4
UNCI  4
UNCINI  6
UNCO 4
UNCOCOON 8
UNCOFFIN 8
UNCOIF 6
UNCOIN 6
UNCOUNT 7
UNCT 4
UNCTION 7
UNCUFF 6
UNCUT 5
UNFIT 5
UNFUN 5
UNICONIC 8
UNIFIC 6
UNIO 4
UNION 5
UNIT 4
UNITION 7
UNNUN 5
UNTIN 5
UNTO 4

† plural noun

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