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October 9, 2020 | Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from October 9, 2020, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

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center letter NACILOV
Spelling Bee for October 9, 2020

words: 48
score: 333 pts
pangrams: 2
bingo: yes

A x 5
C x 22
I x 3
L x 4
N x 6
O x 2
V x 6

5L x 14
6L x 10
7L x 11
8L x 7
9L x 5
11L x 1

  5 6 7 8 9 11 tot
A 4 - 1 - - - 5
C 5 6 4 3 4 - 22
I 1 1 1 - - - 3
L 2 - 2 - - - 4
N 1 1 - 2 1 1 6
O 1 1 - - - - 2
V - 1 3 2 - - 6
tot 14 10 11 7 5 1 48

debut appearances 16

CONVIVIAL, VOLCANIC

word       length      
ANION 5 debut
ANIONIC 7 debut
ANNAL 5
ANVIL 5
AVIAN 5
CANAL 5
CANCAN 6
CANNA 5
CANNOLI 7 debut
CANNON 6
CANOLA 6
CANON 5
CANONIC 7 debut
CANONICAL 9 debut
CIVILIAN 8
CLINIC 6
CLINICAL 8
CLINICIAN 9
CLONAL 6 disallowed elsewhere
COCOON 6
COLCANNON 9
COLON 5
COLONIAL 8 debut
COLONIC 7
CONIC 5
CONICAL 7 debut
CONVIVIAL 9 pangram, debut
ICONIC 6
INCIVIL 7 disallowed elsewhere
IONIC 5
LACONIC 7 debut
LANAI 5
LANOLIN 7 debut
LLANO 5
NAVAL 5
NIACIN 6
NONCLINICAL 11 debut
NONILLION 9
NONLOCAL 8
NONVOCAL 8 debut
OILCAN 6 debut
ONION 5
VANILLA 7
VANILLIN 8
VILLAIN 7
VIOLIN 6 debut
VOLCANIC 8 pangram, debut
VOLCANO 7 debut

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