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
Puzzle stats
Total words
29
Total points
153
Pangrams
2
Genius score
107
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INHIBITIVE
- INHIBITIVE
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
- beehive
- bite
- bitten
- heinie
- hint
- hive
- inhibit
- inhibitive
- inhibitive
- intent
- invent
- inventive
- invite
- invitee
- nine
- nineteen
- nineteenth
- ninetieth
- ninth
- nite
- thieve
- thin
- thine
- tine
- tint
- tithe
- 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.