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Spelling Bee November 20, 2024 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: R

A
C
I
K
M
O
R

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

42

accepted entries

Total points

171

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

119

70% of total

Center letter

R

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MICROCRACK
  • MICROCRACK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

25 pts

15%

Nice

42 pts

25%

Great

68 pts

40%

Amazing

85 pts

50%

Genius

119 pts

70%

Queen Bee

171 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • arco
  • aria
  • armor
  • aroma
C 14 words
  • carioca
  • carom
  • circa
  • cirri
  • coir
  • cork
  • crack
  • cram
  • crick
  • croak
  • croc
  • croci
  • crock
  • crook
K 3 words
  • karma
  • karmic
  • korma
M 10 words
  • macro
  • maraca
  • mark
  • marm
  • micro
  • microcrack
  • microcrack
  • mirror
  • moor
  • morocco
O 2 words
  • okra
  • orca
R 9 words
  • rack
  • rick
  • roam
  • roar
  • rock
  • rococo
  • romcom
  • rook
  • room

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, November 20, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, I, K, M, O, R, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 171 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 119 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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