Spelling Bee August 9, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
254
Pangrams
2
Genius score
177
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ENCAMPMENT
- ENCAMPMENT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
101 pts
40%
Amazing
127 pts
50%
Genius
177 pts
70%
Queen Bee
254 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accept
- acceptance
- acceptant
- apace
- apeman
- apemen
- apnea
- attempt
- camp
- canape
- cape
- catnap
- encamp
- encampment
- encampment
- epee
- nametape
- nape
- neap
- pace
- pact
- paean
- pampa
- panacea
- panama
- pancetta
- pane
- pant
- papa
- pate
- patent
- patentee
- peace
- peat
- pecan
- peccant
- peen
- peep
- penance
- pence
- penman
- penmen
- pennant
- penne
- pent
- pentane
- tamp
- tapa
- tape
- teepee
- temp
- tempt
- tepee
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 9, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, E, M, N, P, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 254 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 177 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.