Spelling Bee February 12, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
56
Total points
237
Pangrams
2
Genius score
165
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BOATYARD
- BOATYARD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
59 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
118 pts
50%
Genius
165 pts
70%
Queen Bee
237 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- abort
- aorta
- arty
- attar
- batboy
- batty
- boat
- boatyard
- boatyard
- boot
- booty
- brat
- bratty
- dart
- dartboard
- data
- dotard
- dotty
- drat
- oaty
- orator
- oratory
- ratatat
- ratty
- robot
- root
- rotary
- rotator
- rotatory
- roto
- rotor
- tabard
- tabby
- taboo
- tabor
- tardy
- taro
- tarot
- tarry
- tart
- tartar
- tattoo
- tatty
- toad
- toady
- today
- toddy
- toot
- toro
- tort
- tray
- trod
- trot
- troy
- tyro
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, February 12, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, D, O, R, T, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 237 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 165 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.