Spelling Bee June 22, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
174
Pangrams
2
Genius score
121
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DROUGHT
- DROUGHT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
43 pts
25%
Great
69 pts
40%
Amazing
87 pts
50%
Genius
121 pts
70%
Queen Bee
174 pts
100%
All accepted words
- dough
- dour
- drought
- drought
- drug
- dugout
- gourd
- gout
- grout
- guru
- hour
- hurt
- ought
- outdo
- outdoor
- outgo
- outro
- outthought
- rotgut
- rough
- rout
- thorough
- thou
- though
- thought
- through
- throughout
- thud
- thug
- tough
- tour
- tout
- trough
- trout
- truth
- tutor
- tutu
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, June 22, 2020 uses the seven letters D, G, H, O, R, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 174 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 121 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.