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


Instructions

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center letter MAILNPT
Spelling Bee for October 16, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter N: June 4, 2024
Center letter P: November 17, 2022

words: 49
score: 217 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
plurals: 1
bingo: yes

A x 2
I x 3
L x 10
M x 25
N x 1
P x 4
T x 4

4L x 19
5L x 9
6L x 9
7L x 7
8L x 3
9L x 1
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
A - 1 1 - - - - 2
I 1 - 1 1 - - - 3
L 5 2 1 2 - - - 10
M 10 5 3 3 2 1 1 25
N - - 1 - - - - 1
P 2 1 1 - - - - 4
T 1 - 1 1 1 - - 4
tot 19 9 9 7 3 1 1 49

plu 6 tot
M 1 1
tot 1 1

debut appearances 6
previously disallowed debuts 3

IMPLANT

word       length      
ANIMA 5
ANIMAL 6
IMAM 4
IMPALA 6
IMPLANT 7 perfect pangram, debut
LAMA 4
LAMINA 6
LAMINAL 7
LAMP 4
LIMA 4 debut, previously disallowed
LIMINAL 7 debut, previously disallowed
LIMIT 5
LIMN 4
LIMP 4
LLAMA 5
MAIL 4
MAILMAN 7
MAIM 4
MAIN 4
MAINTAIN 8
MALL 4
MALT 4
MAMA 4
MAMMA 5
MAMMAL 6
MAMMALIAN 9
MANIA 5
MANILA 6 debut, previously disallowed
MANNA 5
MANTA 5
MILITANT 8
MILITIA 7
MILITIAMAN 10
MILL 4
MINI 4
MINIM 5
MINIMA  6
MINIMAL 7
MINT 4
MITT 4
NAPALM 6
PALM 4
PAMPA 5
PANAMA 6
PIMP 4
TAILLAMP 8 debut
TAMP 4
TATAMI 6
TIMPANI 7 debut

† plural noun

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