Tuesday · 31 words

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

H
I
L
O
P
R
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

30

accepted entries

Total points

142

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

99

70% of total

Center letter

P

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • WHIPPOORWILL
  • WHIPPOORWILL
  • WHIRLPOOL
  • WHIRLPOOL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
H 2 words
  • hippo
  • hoop
L 4 words
  • lipo
  • lollipop
  • lollop
  • loop
O 1 word
  • orlop
P 16 words
  • pill
  • pillow
  • plop
  • plow
  • polio
  • poll
  • polo
  • pooh
  • pool
  • poop
  • poor
  • powwow
  • prior
  • prop
  • prow
  • prowl
W 7 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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