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Spelling Bee July 22, 2020 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: Y

B
E
L
O
P
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

27

accepted entries

Total points

134

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

93

70% of total

Center letter

Y

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • POTBELLY
  • POTBELLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

20 pts

15%

Nice

33 pts

25%

Great

53 pts

40%

Amazing

67 pts

50%

Genius

93 pts

70%

Queen Bee

134 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 6 words
  • bellboy
  • belly
  • blobby
  • booby
  • booty
  • byte
E 3 words
  • eely
  • eyebolt
  • eyelet
L 2 words
  • lobby
  • loopy
O 1 word
  • obey
P 10 words
  • pebbly
  • peppy
  • petty
  • peyote
  • ploy
  • polyp
  • poppy
  • potbelly
  • potbelly
  • potty
T 3 words
  • teletype
  • type
  • typo
Y 2 words
  • yell
  • yelp

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, July 22, 2020 uses the seven letters B, E, L, O, P, T, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 134 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 93 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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