Spelling Bee October 11, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
201
Pangrams
2
Genius score
140
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INFLECT
- INFLECT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
100 pts
50%
Genius
140 pts
70%
Queen Bee
201 pts
100%
All accepted words
- clef
- cleft
- cliff
- effect
- effete
- efficient
- elfin
- feel
- feet
- feint
- feline
- fell
- felt
- fence
- fennel
- fete
- fettle
- fief
- fife
- fifteen
- file
- filet
- fill
- fillet
- fine
- finite
- flee
- fleece
- fleet
- flint
- flit
- inefficient
- infect
- infill
- infinite
- inflect
- inflect
- inflict
- left
- leftie
- life
- lifeline
- lift
- tiff
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 11, 2020 uses the seven letters C, E, F, I, L, N, T, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 201 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 140 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.