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Spelling Bee February 5, 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

B
E
H
I
N
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

29

accepted entries

Total points

153

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

107

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INHIBITIVE
  • INHIBITIVE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
B 3 words
  • beehive
  • bite
  • bitten
H 3 words
  • heinie
  • hint
  • hive
I 8 words
  • inhibit
  • inhibitive
  • inhibitive
  • intent
  • invent
  • inventive
  • invite
  • invitee
N 6 words
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nineteenth
  • ninetieth
  • ninth
  • nite
T 6 words
  • thieve
  • thin
  • thine
  • tine
  • tint
  • tithe
V 3 words
  • vein
  • vibe
  • vine

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, February 5, 2020 uses the seven letters B, E, H, I, N, T, V, with I 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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