Spelling Bee October 13, 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
44
Total points
187
Pangrams
2
Genius score
130
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HAGGARDLY
- HAGGARDLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
93 pts
50%
Genius
130 pts
70%
Queen Bee
187 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aargh
- agar
- alga
- algal
- allay
- ally
- array
- daddy
- dally
- drag
- draggy
- dray
- dryad
- dyad
- gaga
- gala
- gall
- gaydar
- gayly
- glad
- gladly
- grad
- gray
- haggard
- haggardly
- haggardly
- halal
- hall
- halyard
- hard
- hardly
- hardy
- harry
- hydra
- lady
- laggard
- laggardly
- laggy
- lallygag
- lard
- radar
- raga
- rally
- yard
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, October 13, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, G, H, L, R, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 187 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 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.