Spelling Bee October 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
63
Total points
354
Pangrams
2
Genius score
247
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXTINCTION
- EXTINCTION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
28 pts
8%
Solid
53 pts
15%
Nice
88 pts
25%
Great
141 pts
40%
Amazing
177 pts
50%
Genius
247 pts
70%
Queen Bee
354 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cocci
- cocoon
- coin
- conceit
- concoct
- concoction
- cone
- conic
- connect
- connection
- connote
- content
- contention
- context
- continence
- continent
- coot
- cootie
- cote
- cotton
- ecotone
- exotic
- extinction
- extinction
- icon
- iconic
- incontinence
- incontinent
- innocence
- innocent
- intention
- into
- intone
- ionic
- neocon
- neon
- nicotine
- nonce
- none
- nonet
- nontoxic
- noon
- note
- notice
- notion
- octet
- once
- onion
- onto
- oxen
- tectonic
- tenon
- tone
- tonic
- tonne
- tontine
- toon
- toonie
- toot
- tote
- toxic
- toxin
- xenon
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 1, 2020 uses the seven letters C, E, I, N, O, T, X, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 63 accepted words for a total of 354 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 247 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.