Spelling Bee August 28, 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
50
Total points
236
Pangrams
2
Genius score
165
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CLUTCHED
- CLUTCHED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
59 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
118 pts
50%
Genius
165 pts
70%
Queen Bee
236 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cell
- celled
- cellule
- clue
- clued
- clutch
- clutched
- clutched
- cuddle
- cuddled
- cull
- culled
- cult
- cutlet
- cuttle
- delete
- deleted
- dell
- delt
- delude
- deluded
- duel
- dueled
- dulcet
- dull
- dulled
- elect
- elected
- electee
- elude
- eluded
- heel
- heeled
- held
- hell
- huddle
- huddled
- hull
- hulled
- lech
- leech
- leeched
- letch
- lettuce
- lull
- lulled
- lulu
- lute
- tell
- tulle
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 28, 2020 uses the seven letters C, D, E, H, L, T, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 236 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 165 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.