Spelling Bee March 5, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
64
Total points
270
Pangrams
2
Genius score
189
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PARANORMAL
- PARANORMAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
135 pts
50%
Genius
189 pts
70%
Queen Bee
270 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alarm
- ammo
- amoral
- anal
- annal
- anon
- apollo
- appall
- apron
- armor
- aroma
- lama
- lamp
- lampoon
- llama
- llano
- loam
- loan
- malaprop
- mall
- mama
- mamma
- mammal
- mammon
- manna
- manor
- marm
- maroon
- moan
- molar
- momma
- moola
- moral
- naan
- nana
- napalm
- nonpolar
- normal
- opal
- oral
- pall
- pallor
- palm
- palp
- pampa
- panama
- panorama
- papa
- papal
- paranormal
- paranormal
- parlor
- parol
- plan
- planar
- polar
- pompano
- poplar
- poppa
- pram
- ramp
- roam
- roan
- roar
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, March 5, 2020 uses the seven letters A, L, M, N, O, P, R, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 64 accepted words for a total of 270 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 189 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.