Spelling Bee August 4, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
74
Total points
325
Pangrams
2
Genius score
227
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CALORIFIC
- CALORIFIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
26 pts
8%
Solid
48 pts
15%
Nice
81 pts
25%
Great
130 pts
40%
Amazing
162 pts
50%
Genius
227 pts
70%
Queen Bee
325 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- afar
- affair
- afro
- aioli
- airfoil
- alfalfa
- aloof
- arco
- aria
- aril
- cacao
- calf
- calico
- call
- calla
- callaloo
- caloric
- calorific
- calorific
- carioca
- carol
- ciao
- cilia
- circa
- cloaca
- coal
- coca
- cocoa
- cola
- collar
- coral
- corolla
- corral
- facial
- fail
- fair
- fall
- falloff
- farcical
- farro
- filial
- flail
- flair
- flora
- floral
- foal
- focaccia
- focal
- fora
- frail
- friar
- iliac
- laic
- laical
- lair
- liar
- lilac
- lira
- loaf
- local
- loofa
- offal
- official
- oral
- orca
- racial
- raffia
- rail
- railcar
- rial
- riffraff
- roar
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, August 4, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, F, I, L, O, R, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 74 accepted words for a total of 325 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 227 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.