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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

A
L
M
N
O
P
R

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

64

accepted entries

Total points

270

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

189

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PARANORMAL
  • PARANORMAL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 11 words
  • alarm
  • ammo
  • amoral
  • anal
  • annal
  • anon
  • apollo
  • appall
  • apron
  • armor
  • aroma
L 7 words
  • lama
  • lamp
  • lampoon
  • llama
  • llano
  • loam
  • loan
M 15 words
  • malaprop
  • mall
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mammal
  • mammon
  • manna
  • manor
  • marm
  • maroon
  • moan
  • molar
  • momma
  • moola
  • moral
N 5 words
  • naan
  • nana
  • napalm
  • nonpolar
  • normal
O 2 words
  • opal
  • oral
P 20 words
  • pall
  • pallor
  • palm
  • palp
  • pampa
  • panama
  • panorama
  • papa
  • papal
  • paranormal
  • paranormal
  • parlor
  • parol
  • plan
  • planar
  • polar
  • pompano
  • poplar
  • poppa
  • pram
R 4 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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