Spelling Bee August 7, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
211
Pangrams
2
Genius score
147
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FORAGING
- FORAGING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
31 pts
15%
Nice
52 pts
25%
Great
84 pts
40%
Amazing
105 pts
50%
Genius
147 pts
70%
Queen Bee
211 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afar
- affair
- afro
- fair
- fang
- fanning
- farina
- faring
- farrago
- farro
- fifing
- fining
- firing
- fogging
- fora
- foraging
- foraging
- forging
- forgo
- forgoing
- frag
- fragging
- friar
- fringing
- frog
- gaff
- goof
- goofing
- griffin
- griffon
- info
- infringing
- naif
- offing
- raffia
- riff
- riffing
- riffraff
- roof
- roofing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 7, 2020 uses the seven letters A, F, G, I, N, O, R, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 211 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 147 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.