Spelling Bee August 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
225
Pangrams
2
Genius score
157
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MODULAR
- MODULAR
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
90 pts
40%
Amazing
112 pts
50%
Genius
157 pts
70%
Queen Bee
225 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alarm
- amoral
- ardor
- armada
- armload
- armor
- aroma
- arum
- aura
- aural
- aurora
- auroral
- dollar
- dolor
- door
- dorm
- dour
- dram
- drama
- droll
- drool
- drum
- drumroll
- dullard
- durum
- lard
- lord
- mallard
- malodor
- maraud
- marm
- modular
- modular
- molar
- moor
- moral
- mudroom
- mural
- murmur
- odor
- oral
- radar
- ramada
- ramrod
- road
- roam
- roar
- roll
- rood
- room
- rumor
- rural
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 15, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, L, M, O, R, U, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 225 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 157 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.