Spelling Bee July 12, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
51
Total points
223
Pangrams
2
Genius score
156
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LAVATORY
- LAVATORY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
55 pts
25%
Great
89 pts
40%
Amazing
111 pts
50%
Genius
156 pts
70%
Queen Bee
223 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allot
- altar
- alto
- aorta
- aortal
- arty
- atoll
- attar
- avatar
- lavatory
- lavatory
- loot
- lotto
- loyalty
- oaty
- orator
- oratory
- ratatat
- rattly
- ratty
- root
- rotary
- rotator
- rotatory
- roto
- rotor
- royalty
- tall
- tally
- taro
- tarot
- tarry
- tart
- tartar
- tartly
- tattoo
- tatty
- toll
- tool
- toot
- toro
- tort
- total
- totally
- tray
- troll
- trot
- troy
- tyro
- volt
- votary
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, July 12, 2020 uses the seven letters A, L, O, R, T, V, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 223 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 156 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.