Spelling Bee February 20, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
147
Pangrams
2
Genius score
102
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HANDICAP
- HANDICAP
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
36 pts
25%
Great
58 pts
40%
Amazing
73 pts
50%
Genius
102 pts
70%
Queen Bee
147 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acid
- acidic
- aphid
- apian
- candid
- canid
- chai
- chain
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chin
- china
- chip
- cicada
- cinch
- handicap
- handicap
- hind
- inch
- indicia
- naiad
- niacin
- paid
- pain
- panic
- panini
- pica
- picnic
- pinch
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, February 20, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, D, H, I, N, P, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 147 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 102 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.