Spelling Bee February 23, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
116
Pangrams
2
Genius score
81
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DOLPHIN
- DOLPHIN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
17 pts
15%
Nice
29 pts
25%
Great
46 pts
40%
Amazing
58 pts
50%
Genius
81 pts
70%
Queen Bee
116 pts
100%
All accepted words
- dildo
- dill
- diploid
- doll
- dollop
- dolphin
- dolphin
- hill
- hold
- idol
- lion
- lipid
- lipo
- lipoid
- loin
- loll
- lollipop
- lollop
- loon
- loop
- nonillion
- olio
- pill
- pillion
- plod
- plop
- polio
- poll
- polo
- pool
- poplin
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, February 23, 2020 uses the seven letters D, H, I, L, N, O, P, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 116 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 81 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.