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Spelling Bee November 1, 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: L

A
B
C
D
I
L
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

64

accepted entries

Total points

260

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

182

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DIABOLICAL
  • DIABOLICAL
  • DIABOLIC
  • DIABOLIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

20 pts

8%

Solid

39 pts

15%

Nice

65 pts

25%

Great

104 pts

40%

Amazing

130 pts

50%

Genius

182 pts

70%

Queen Bee

260 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • aboil
  • aioli
  • alibi
B 17 words
  • bacilli
  • bail
  • bald
  • ball
  • ballad
  • biblical
  • bilabial
  • bill
  • blab
  • blob
  • bloc
  • blood
  • boil
  • bola
  • bold
  • boll
  • bolo
C 18 words
  • cabal
  • cabala
  • calico
  • call
  • calla
  • callaloo
  • cilia
  • clad
  • cloaca
  • clod
  • coal
  • codicil
  • coil
  • cola
  • cold
  • colic
  • colloid
  • cool
D 8 words
  • diabolic
  • diabolic
  • diabolical
  • diabolical
  • dial
  • dildo
  • dill
  • doll
I 3 words
  • idol
  • iliac
  • iliad
L 13 words
  • labia
  • labial
  • laic
  • laical
  • laid
  • libido
  • lilac
  • load
  • lobo
  • local
  • loci
  • loco
  • loll
O 2 words
  • oddball
  • olio

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, November 1, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, C, D, I, L, O, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 64 accepted words for a total of 260 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 182 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.

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

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