Spelling Bee July 7, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
30
Total points
142
Pangrams
4
Genius score
99
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WHIPPOORWILL
- WHIPPOORWILL
- WHIRLPOOL
- WHIRLPOOL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
56 pts
40%
Amazing
71 pts
50%
Genius
99 pts
70%
Queen Bee
142 pts
100%
All accepted words
- hippo
- hoop
- lipo
- lollipop
- lollop
- loop
- orlop
- pill
- pillow
- plop
- plow
- polio
- poll
- polo
- pooh
- pool
- poop
- poor
- powwow
- prior
- prop
- prow
- prowl
- whip
- whippoorwill
- whippoorwill
- whirlpool
- whirlpool
- whoop
- whop
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, July 7, 2020 uses the seven letters H, I, L, O, P, R, W, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 30 accepted words for a total of 142 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 99 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.