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
Puzzle stats
Total words
64
Total points
260
Pangrams
4
Genius score
182
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DIABOLICAL
- DIABOLICAL
- DIABOLIC
- DIABOLIC
Rank thresholds
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
- aboil
- aioli
- alibi
- bacilli
- bail
- bald
- ball
- ballad
- biblical
- bilabial
- bill
- blab
- blob
- bloc
- blood
- boil
- bola
- bold
- boll
- bolo
- cabal
- cabala
- calico
- call
- calla
- callaloo
- cilia
- clad
- cloaca
- clod
- coal
- codicil
- coil
- cola
- cold
- colic
- colloid
- cool
- diabolic
- diabolic
- diabolical
- diabolical
- dial
- dildo
- dill
- doll
- idol
- iliac
- iliad
- labia
- labial
- laic
- laical
- laid
- libido
- lilac
- load
- lobo
- local
- loci
- loco
- loll
- 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.