Spelling Bee October 16, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
231
Pangrams
2
Genius score
161
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- IMPLANT
- IMPLANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
34 pts
15%
Nice
57 pts
25%
Great
92 pts
40%
Amazing
115 pts
50%
Genius
161 pts
70%
Queen Bee
231 pts
100%
All accepted words
- anima
- animal
- imam
- impala
- implant
- implant
- lama
- lamina
- laminal
- lamp
- lima
- liminal
- limit
- limn
- limp
- llama
- mailman
- maim
- main
- maintain
- mall
- malt
- mama
- mamma
- mammal
- mammalian
- mania
- manila
- manna
- manta
- militant
- militia
- militiaman
- mill
- mini
- minim
- minima
- minimal
- mint
- mitt
- napalm
- palm
- pampa
- panama
- pimp
- taillamp
- tamp
- tatami
- timpani
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 16, 2020 uses the seven letters A, I, L, M, N, P, T, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 231 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 161 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.