Spelling Bee October 12, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
61
Total points
302
Pangrams
4
Genius score
211
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TURNAROUND
- TURNAROUND
- ROTUNDA
- ROTUNDA
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
45 pts
15%
Nice
75 pts
25%
Great
120 pts
40%
Amazing
151 pts
50%
Genius
211 pts
70%
Queen Bee
302 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adorn
- annotator
- anon
- aorta
- ardor
- around
- arrant
- attar
- aunt
- aura
- aurora
- auto
- darn
- dart
- data
- daunt
- doodad
- dotard
- drat
- duad
- naan
- nada
- nana
- narrator
- natant
- nonart
- notator
- nurturant
- orator
- outran
- radar
- radon
- rand
- rant
- ratatat
- rattan
- road
- roan
- roar
- rotator
- rotunda
- rotunda
- runaround
- tandoor
- tantara
- tantra
- taro
- tarot
- tart
- tartan
- tartar
- tattoo
- taunt
- taut
- toad
- tornado
- truant
- tuna
- tundra
- turnaround
- turnaround
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, October 12, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, N, O, R, T, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 302 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 211 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.