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Spelling Bee July 5, 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: I

C
I
L
M
P
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

23

accepted entries

Total points

117

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

81

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • IMPLICITLY
  • IMPLICITLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

17 pts

15%

Nice

29 pts

25%

Great

46 pts

40%

Amazing

58 pts

50%

Genius

81 pts

70%

Queen Bee

117 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 2 words
  • clip
  • cyclic
I 8 words
  • icily
  • illicit
  • illicitly
  • illy
  • implicit
  • implicitly
  • implicitly
  • imply
L 8 words
  • licit
  • licitly
  • lilt
  • lily
  • limit
  • limp
  • limply
  • lippy
M 1 word
  • mill
P 2 words
  • pill
  • pimply
T 2 words
  • till
  • tilt

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, July 5, 2020 uses the seven letters C, I, L, M, P, T, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 23 accepted words for a total of 117 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 81 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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