Spelling Bee February 19, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
223
Pangrams
2
Genius score
156
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VARMINT
- VARMINT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
55 pts
25%
Great
89 pts
40%
Amazing
111 pts
50%
Genius
156 pts
70%
Queen Bee
223 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airman
- aria
- arrant
- atria
- attar
- avatar
- invariant
- irritant
- mantra
- marina
- marinara
- marm
- mart
- martian
- martin
- martini
- nirvana
- rain
- raita
- rani
- rant
- ratatat
- rattan
- tamarin
- tantara
- tantra
- tart
- tartan
- tartar
- tiara
- train
- trainman
- trait
- tram
- trim
- trimaran
- trivia
- variant
- varmint
- varmint
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, February 19, 2020 uses the seven letters A, I, M, N, R, T, V, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 223 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 156 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.