Spelling Bee August 11, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
109
Pangrams
2
Genius score
76
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DORMITORY
- DORMITORY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
16 pts
15%
Nice
27 pts
25%
Great
43 pts
40%
Amazing
54 pts
50%
Genius
76 pts
70%
Queen Bee
109 pts
100%
All accepted words
- dirt
- dirty
- door
- dorm
- dormitory
- dormitory
- dory
- droid
- mirror
- moor
- motor
- odor
- riot
- rood
- room
- roomy
- root
- roti
- roto
- rotor
- tommyrot
- tori
- torii
- toro
- toroid
- torrid
- tort
- trim
- trio
- trod
- trot
- troy
- tyro
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, August 11, 2020 uses the seven letters D, I, M, O, R, T, Y, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 109 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 76 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.