Spelling Bee August 19, 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
38
Total points
253
Pangrams
6
Genius score
177
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CONDUCTION
- CONDUCTION
- INDUCTION
- INDUCTION
- CONDUIT
- CONDUIT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
101 pts
40%
Amazing
126 pts
50%
Genius
177 pts
70%
Queen Bee
253 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cocci
- coin
- concoction
- condition
- conduction
- conduction
- conduit
- conduit
- conic
- diction
- dino
- dint
- ditto
- icon
- iconic
- idiot
- idiotic
- indict
- induct
- induction
- induction
- into
- intuit
- intuition
- ionic
- notion
- onion
- outdid
- tinct
- tint
- tonic
- tuition
- tunic
- tutti
- unction
- undid
- union
- unit
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 19, 2020 uses the seven letters C, D, I, N, O, T, U, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 253 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 177 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.