Spelling Bee October 18, 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
56
Total points
277
Pangrams
4
Genius score
193
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- RAINDROP
- RAINDROP
- PARANOID
- PARANOID
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
69 pts
25%
Great
110 pts
40%
Amazing
138 pts
50%
Genius
193 pts
70%
Queen Bee
277 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adorn
- airdrop
- andiron
- android
- anion
- anon
- apian
- apiarian
- apron
- ardor
- aria
- arid
- darn
- dinar
- doodad
- drain
- inroad
- naan
- nada
- nadir
- naiad
- nana
- nonpaid
- ordain
- paid
- pain
- pair
- panda
- panini
- papa
- parador
- paradrop
- paranoia
- paranoid
- paranoid
- pardon
- piano
- podia
- poppa
- radar
- radian
- radii
- radio
- radon
- raid
- rain
- raindrop
- raindrop
- rand
- rani
- rapid
- rapini
- riparian
- road
- roan
- roar
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 18, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, I, N, O, P, R, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 277 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 193 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.