Spelling Bee June 17, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
167
Pangrams
2
Genius score
116
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INFLEXIBLE
- INFLEXIBLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
83 pts
50%
Genius
116 pts
70%
Queen Bee
167 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beeline
- befell
- belie
- belief
- bell
- belle
- bible
- bile
- bill
- blin
- blini
- elfin
- enfeeble
- exile
- feeble
- feel
- feline
- fell
- fennel
- file
- fill
- flee
- flex
- flexible
- infill
- inflexible
- inflexible
- libel
- libelee
- lien
- life
- lifeline
- line
- linen
- nibble
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, June 17, 2020 uses the seven letters B, E, F, I, L, N, X, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 167 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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.