Spelling Bee November 20, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
68
Total points
234
Pangrams
2
Genius score
163
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MOTHBALL
- MOTHBALL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
58 pts
25%
Great
93 pts
40%
Amazing
117 pts
50%
Genius
163 pts
70%
Queen Bee
234 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- abloom
- allot
- aloha
- alto
- ammo
- atoll
- atom
- ballot
- bamboo
- baobab
- bloat
- blob
- bloom
- blot
- blotto
- boat
- boba
- boho
- bola
- boll
- bolo
- bolt
- bomb
- boob
- booboo
- boohoo
- boom
- boot
- booth
- both
- bottom
- haboob
- halo
- hobo
- holt
- hoot
- loam
- loath
- lobo
- loll
- loom
- loot
- lotto
- mambo
- mammoth
- moat
- moll
- molt
- momma
- moola
- moolah
- moot
- moth
- mothball
- mothball
- motto
- oath
- taboo
- tattoo
- toll
- tollbooth
- tomato
- tomb
- tool
- toot
- tooth
- total
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, November 20, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, H, L, M, O, T, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 68 accepted words for a total of 234 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 163 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.