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Spelling Bee November 12, 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
C
D
I
L
T
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

146

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

102

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • WILDCAT
  • WILDCAT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

21 pts

15%

Nice

36 pts

25%

Great

58 pts

40%

Amazing

73 pts

50%

Genius

102 pts

70%

Queen Bee

146 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • alit
  • atilt
C 7 words
  • call
  • calla
  • catcall
  • cattail
  • cilia
  • clad
  • claw
D 2 words
  • dial
  • dill
I 4 words
  • iliac
  • iliad
  • illicit
  • italic
L 7 words
  • lactic
  • laic
  • laical
  • laid
  • licit
  • lilac
  • lilt
T 10 words
  • tactical
  • tail
  • talc
  • tali
  • tall
  • tidal
  • till
  • tilt
  • twilit
  • twill
W 7 words
  • wail
  • wall
  • wild
  • wildcat
  • wildcat
  • will
  • wilt

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, November 12, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, D, I, L, T, W, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 146 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 102 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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