Spelling Bee February 22, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
29
Total points
153
Pangrams
2
Genius score
107
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CAPTIVITY
- CAPTIVITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
38 pts
25%
Great
61 pts
40%
Amazing
76 pts
50%
Genius
107 pts
70%
Queen Bee
153 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- activity
- attic
- cacti
- capacity
- captivity
- captivity
- catty
- cava
- cavity
- pact
- papa
- papacy
- papaya
- pappy
- patty
- pica
- piccata
- pita
- pitapat
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tapa
- tatty
- vacay
- vivacity
- yappy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, February 22, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, I, P, T, V, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 153 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 107 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.