Spelling Bee October 14, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
74
Total points
365
Pangrams
4
Genius score
255
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CUTTHROAT
- CUTTHROAT
- COAUTHOR
- COAUTHOR
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
29 pts
8%
Solid
54 pts
15%
Nice
91 pts
25%
Great
146 pts
40%
Amazing
182 pts
50%
Genius
255 pts
70%
Queen Bee
365 pts
100%
All accepted words
- actor
- actuator
- aorta
- arch
- arco
- arhat
- attar
- attract
- attractor
- aura
- aurora
- author
- autocrat
- carat
- carrot
- cart
- cataract
- catarrh
- char
- chart
- church
- churro
- coactor
- coauthor
- coauthor
- cohort
- court
- croc
- crotch
- crouch
- crutch
- curacao
- curator
- curt
- cutthroat
- cutthroat
- hart
- hoar
- hoorah
- hora
- horror
- hour
- hurrah
- hurt
- occur
- orator
- orca
- outro
- ratatat
- roach
- roar
- rococo
- root
- rotator
- roto
- rotor
- rout
- taro
- tarot
- tart
- tartar
- throat
- torah
- torch
- toro
- tort
- tour
- tract
- tractor
- trot
- troth
- trout
- truth
- tutor
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 14, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, H, O, R, T, U, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 74 accepted words for a total of 365 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 255 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.