Spelling Bee June 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
29
Total points
106
Pangrams
2
Genius score
74
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- JAYBIRD
- JAYBIRD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
15 pts
15%
Nice
26 pts
25%
Great
42 pts
40%
Amazing
53 pts
50%
Genius
74 pts
70%
Queen Bee
106 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airy
- ajar
- aria
- arid
- array
- barb
- bard
- bird
- brad
- braid
- bray
- briar
- dairy
- diary
- drab
- dray
- drib
- dryad
- jaybird
- jaybird
- rabbi
- rabid
- radar
- radii
- raid
- raja
- ribby
- yard
- yardbird
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, June 16, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, D, I, J, R, Y, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 106 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 74 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.