Spelling Bee August 20, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
56
Total points
266
Pangrams
2
Genius score
186
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HUMBLED
- HUMBLED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
66 pts
25%
Great
106 pts
40%
Amazing
133 pts
50%
Genius
186 pts
70%
Queen Bee
266 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beheld
- bell
- belle
- belled
- bled
- bleed
- blue
- bluebell
- bubble
- bubbled
- bulb
- bull
- bumble
- bumblebee
- bumbled
- dell
- delude
- deluded
- duel
- dueled
- dull
- dulled
- dumbbell
- elude
- eluded
- emblem
- heel
- heeled
- held
- hell
- helm
- helmed
- huddle
- huddled
- hull
- hulled
- humble
- humbled
- humbled
- lube
- lubed
- lull
- lulled
- lulu
- meddle
- meddled
- meld
- melded
- melee
- muddle
- muddled
- mule
- mull
- mulled
- mumble
- mumbled
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 20, 2020 uses the seven letters B, D, E, H, L, M, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 266 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 186 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.