Spelling Bee August 21, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
186
Pangrams
2
Genius score
130
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BOGEYMEN
- BOGEYMEN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
93 pts
50%
Genius
130 pts
70%
Queen Bee
186 pts
100%
All accepted words
- begone
- bogey
- bogeymen
- bogeymen
- boggy
- bomb
- bombe
- bonbon
- bone
- bong
- bongo
- bonny
- bonobo
- bony
- boob
- booboo
- booby
- boom
- boomy
- boon
- bygone
- ebon
- ebony
- eggnog
- genome
- gnome
- goby
- gone
- gong
- gooey
- goon
- goony
- memo
- mommy
- money
- moneymen
- mono
- mononym
- moon
- moony
- neon
- none
- noob
- noon
- obey
- oboe
- ogee
- omen
- yeomen
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 21, 2020 uses the seven letters B, E, G, M, N, O, Y, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 186 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 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.