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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

A
B
H
L
M
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

68

accepted entries

Total points

234

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

163

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MOTHBALL
  • MOTHBALL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • abbot
  • abloom
  • allot
  • aloha
  • alto
  • ammo
  • atoll
  • atom
B 24 words
  • ballot
  • bamboo
  • baobab
  • bloat
  • blob
  • bloom
  • blot
  • blotto
  • boat
  • boba
  • boho
  • bola
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bolt
  • bomb
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boohoo
  • boom
  • boot
  • booth
  • both
  • bottom
H 5 words
  • haboob
  • halo
  • hobo
  • holt
  • hoot
L 7 words
  • loam
  • loath
  • lobo
  • loll
  • loom
  • loot
  • lotto
M 13 words
  • mambo
  • mammoth
  • moat
  • moll
  • molt
  • momma
  • moola
  • moolah
  • moot
  • moth
  • mothball
  • mothball
  • motto
O 1 word
  • oath
T 10 words
  • 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.

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

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