Spelling Bee August 6, 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
232
Pangrams
2
Genius score
162
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNPOPULAR
- UNPOPULAR
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
34 pts
15%
Nice
58 pts
25%
Great
92 pts
40%
Amazing
116 pts
50%
Genius
162 pts
70%
Queen Bee
232 pts
100%
All accepted words
- anal
- annal
- annual
- annul
- annular
- apollo
- appall
- aural
- auroral
- larrup
- llano
- loan
- loll
- lollop
- loon
- loop
- luau
- lull
- lulu
- luna
- lunar
- lunula
- lunular
- nonpolar
- null
- opal
- oral
- orlop
- pall
- pallor
- palp
- papal
- parlor
- parol
- plan
- planar
- plop
- plural
- polar
- poll
- polo
- pool
- poplar
- popular
- propanol
- pull
- pulp
- pupal
- purl
- roll
- rural
- ulna
- ulnar
- unpopular
- unpopular
- unroll
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 6, 2020 uses the seven letters A, L, N, O, P, R, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 232 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 162 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.