Spelling Bee March 19, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
56
Total points
316
Pangrams
4
Genius score
221
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PHILHELLENIC
- PHILHELLENIC
- CINEPHILE
- CINEPHILE
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
126 pts
40%
Amazing
158 pts
50%
Genius
221 pts
70%
Queen Bee
316 pts
100%
All accepted words
- celli
- chenille
- chic
- chichi
- chicle
- chili
- chill
- chin
- chip
- cinch
- cinephile
- cinephile
- cliche
- clinch
- clinic
- clip
- epic
- epicene
- heinie
- helpline
- hill
- hippie
- icicle
- inch
- incipience
- incline
- innie
- lenience
- lice
- lichen
- lien
- linchpin
- line
- linen
- nice
- niche
- niece
- nine
- ninepin
- nipple
- pencil
- penicillin
- penile
- philhellene
- philhellenic
- philhellenic
- philippic
- picnic
- piece
- pile
- pill
- pinch
- pine
- pipe
- pipeline
- plie
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, March 19, 2020 uses the seven letters C, E, H, I, L, N, P, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 316 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 221 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.