Spelling Bee June 9, 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
53
Total points
318
Pangrams
4
Genius score
222
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNNATURALLY
- UNNATURALLY
- NATURALLY
- NATURALLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
127 pts
40%
Amazing
159 pts
50%
Genius
222 pts
70%
Queen Bee
318 pts
100%
All accepted words
- altar
- annular
- annularly
- arrant
- arrantly
- array
- arty
- attar
- aura
- aural
- aurally
- lunar
- nary
- natural
- naturally
- naturally
- nurturant
- rally
- rant
- ratatat
- rattan
- rattly
- ratty
- runny
- runt
- runty
- rural
- rurally
- rutty
- tantara
- tantra
- tarantula
- tarry
- tart
- tartan
- tartar
- tartly
- tray
- truant
- truly
- turn
- tyranny
- tyrant
- ulnar
- ultra
- unary
- unnatural
- unnaturally
- unnaturally
- unruly
- untruly
- yarn
- yurt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, June 9, 2020 uses the seven letters A, L, N, R, T, U, Y, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 318 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 222 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.