Spelling Bee October 10, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
256
Pangrams
2
Genius score
179
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PLATEFUL
- PLATEFUL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
64 pts
25%
Great
102 pts
40%
Amazing
128 pts
50%
Genius
179 pts
70%
Queen Bee
256 pts
100%
All accepted words
- appall
- appeal
- appellate
- appellee
- apple
- applet
- epaulet
- epee
- flap
- lapel
- leap
- leapt
- letup
- paella
- palatal
- palate
- pale
- palette
- pall
- pallet
- palp
- palpate
- papa
- papal
- pate
- patella
- patellae
- peal
- peat
- peel
- peep
- pelf
- pellet
- pelt
- petal
- pfft
- plat
- plate
- plateau
- plateful
- plateful
- platelet
- plea
- pleat
- puff
- pule
- pull
- pullet
- pulp
- pupa
- pupae
- pupal
- pupate
- puppet
- putt
- tapa
- tape
- taupe
- teepee
- tepee
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 10, 2020 uses the seven letters A, E, F, L, P, T, U, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 256 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 179 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.