Tuesday · 34 words

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

D
I
M
O
R
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

33

accepted entries

Total points

109

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

76

70% of total

Center letter

R

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DORMITORY
  • DORMITORY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
D 8 words
  • dirt
  • dirty
  • door
  • dorm
  • dormitory
  • dormitory
  • dory
  • droid
M 3 words
  • mirror
  • moor
  • motor
O 1 word
  • odor
R 8 words
  • riot
  • rood
  • room
  • roomy
  • root
  • roti
  • roto
  • rotor
T 13 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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