Spelling Bee July 16, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
27
Total points
128
Pangrams
2
Genius score
89
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DOUGHBOY
- DOUGHBOY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
19 pts
15%
Nice
32 pts
25%
Great
51 pts
40%
Amazing
64 pts
50%
Genius
89 pts
70%
Queen Bee
128 pts
100%
All accepted words
- body
- boggy
- boho
- boob
- booboo
- booby
- boohoo
- bough
- boyhood
- buoy
- dodgy
- dodo
- doggo
- doggy
- dough
- doughboy
- doughboy
- doughy
- goby
- godhood
- good
- goody
- hobby
- hobo
- hood
- hoodoo
- yoohoo
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, July 16, 2020 uses the seven letters B, D, G, H, O, U, Y, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 128 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 89 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.