Spelling Bee August 17, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
58
Total points
257
Pangrams
2
Genius score
179
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PAINTBALL
- PAINTBALL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
64 pts
25%
Great
102 pts
40%
Amazing
128 pts
50%
Genius
179 pts
70%
Queen Bee
257 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alibi
- alit
- anti
- apian
- atilt
- attain
- attaint
- bail
- bait
- bilabial
- bill
- blin
- blini
- blip
- inapt
- initial
- labia
- labial
- lain
- lanai
- lilt
- lint
- nail
- pail
- pain
- paint
- paintball
- paintball
- palatial
- panini
- papilla
- patina
- pill
- pinata
- pinball
- pint
- pintail
- pipit
- pippin
- pita
- pitapat
- plain
- plaint
- plait
- plantain
- pliant
- tail
- tain
- taint
- tali
- tannin
- tibia
- tibial
- tilapia
- till
- tilt
- tint
- titan
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, August 17, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, I, L, N, P, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 58 accepted words for a total of 257 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 179 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.