Spelling Bee August 12, 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
71
Total points
271
Pangrams
4
Genius score
189
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TABLETOP
- TABLETOP
- POTABLE
- POTABLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
135 pts
50%
Genius
189 pts
70%
Queen Bee
271 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- allot
- aloe
- alto
- apollo
- atoll
- atop
- ballot
- baobab
- bebop
- bloat
- blob
- bloop
- blot
- blotto
- boat
- boatel
- boba
- bobble
- bola
- boll
- bolo
- bolt
- boob
- booboo
- boot
- bootee
- bottle
- elope
- laptop
- lobe
- lobo
- loll
- lollop
- loop
- loot
- lope
- lotto
- oblate
- oboe
- oleo
- opal
- people
- plop
- plot
- poet
- pole
- poll
- polo
- pool
- poop
- pope
- poppa
- poppet
- potable
- potable
- potato
- tabletop
- tabletop
- taboo
- tattoo
- teapot
- teetotal
- toll
- tool
- toot
- tootle
- tope
- topple
- total
- tote
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 12, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, E, L, O, P, T, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 71 accepted words for a total of 271 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 189 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.