Spelling Bee August 16, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
240
Pangrams
2
Genius score
168
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FANCIFUL
- FANCIFUL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
60 pts
25%
Great
96 pts
40%
Amazing
120 pts
50%
Genius
168 pts
70%
Queen Bee
240 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- alfalfa
- anal
- annal
- annual
- annul
- annuli
- calculi
- calf
- call
- calla
- canal
- cancan
- canful
- canna
- cannula
- caul
- cilia
- clan
- clinical
- clinician
- facial
- fail
- fall
- fanciful
- fanciful
- fanfic
- faun
- fauna
- faunal
- filial
- final
- financial
- finial
- flail
- flan
- iliac
- lacuna
- laic
- laical
- lain
- lanai
- lilac
- luau
- luna
- lunula
- naan
- naif
- nail
- nana
- niacin
- ulna
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 16, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, F, I, L, N, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 240 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 168 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.