Spelling Bee August 5, 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
55
Total points
206
Pangrams
2
Genius score
144
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BAMBOOZLE
- BAMBOOZLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
51 pts
25%
Great
82 pts
40%
Amazing
103 pts
50%
Genius
144 pts
70%
Queen Bee
206 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ablaze
- able
- abloom
- allele
- aloe
- amble
- azalea
- babble
- babel
- bale
- ball
- balm
- bamboozle
- bamboozle
- bell
- belle
- bezel
- blab
- blam
- blame
- blaze
- blob
- bloom
- bobble
- bola
- boll
- bolo
- embalm
- embezzle
- emblem
- label
- lama
- lamb
- lame
- lamella
- lamellae
- laze
- lemma
- llama
- loam
- lobe
- lobo
- loll
- loom
- male
- mall
- malleable
- mammal
- meal
- melee
- mole
- moll
- moola
- oleo
- zeal
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 5, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, E, L, M, O, Z, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 206 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 144 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.