Spelling Bee April 15, 2020 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
222
Pangrams
2
Genius score
155
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FOOTBOARD
- FOOTBOARD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
55 pts
25%
Great
88 pts
40%
Amazing
111 pts
50%
Genius
155 pts
70%
Queen Bee
222 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- aboard
- abort
- abroad
- adobo
- afford
- afoot
- afro
- aorta
- arbor
- ardor
- baobab
- boar
- board
- boat
- boba
- boffo
- boob
- booboo
- boor
- boot
- broad
- brood
- dartboard
- dodo
- doff
- doodad
- door
- dotard
- farro
- food
- foot
- footboard
- footboard
- fora
- forbad
- ford
- fort
- odor
- orator
- road
- roar
- robot
- rood
- roof
- root
- rotator
- roto
- rotor
- taboo
- tabor
- taro
- tarot
- tattoo
- toad
- toot
- toro
- tort
- trod
- trot
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, D, F, O, R, T, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 222 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 155 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.