Spelling Bee February 20, 2021 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
65
Total points
287
Pangrams
2
Genius score
200
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
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- DOWNLOADED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
43 pts
15%
Nice
71 pts
25%
Great
114 pts
40%
Amazing
143 pts
50%
Genius
200 pts
70%
Queen Bee
287 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aeon
- allow
- allowed
- aloe
- alone
- anode
- anon
- deadwood
- dodo
- dole
- doled
- doll
- dolled
- done
- donee
- donned
- doodad
- doodle
- doodled
- dowel
- down
- downed
- download
- downloaded
- downloaded
- endow
- endowed
- enow
- llano
- load
- loaded
- loan
- loaned
- lode
- loll
- lolled
- lone
- loon
- lowdown
- lowed
- lowland
- neon
- nodded
- node
- noel
- none
- noodle
- noodled
- noon
- odea
- odeon
- olden
- oleo
- owed
- owned
- wallow
- wallowed
- wood
- wooded
- wooden
- woodland
- wooed
- wool
- woolen
- wowed
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, February 20, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, E, L, N, O, W, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 65 accepted words for a total of 287 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 200 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.