Spelling Bee March 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
31
Total points
124
Pangrams
2
Genius score
86
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HORMONAL
- HORMONAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
31 pts
25%
Great
49 pts
40%
Amazing
62 pts
50%
Genius
86 pts
70%
Queen Bee
124 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alarm
- amoral
- armor
- aroma
- haram
- harm
- hoar
- honor
- hoorah
- hora
- horal
- hormonal
- hormonal
- horn
- horror
- manor
- marm
- maroon
- molar
- moor
- moral
- morn
- moron
- norm
- normal
- oral
- roam
- roan
- roar
- roll
- room
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, March 9, 2020 uses the seven letters A, H, L, M, N, O, R, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 124 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 86 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.