Spelling Bee October 2, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
55
Total points
284
Pangrams
4
Genius score
198
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CONVEYED
- CONVOYED
- CONVEYED
- CONVOYED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
42 pts
15%
Nice
71 pts
25%
Great
113 pts
40%
Amazing
142 pts
50%
Genius
198 pts
70%
Queen Bee
284 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cede
- ceded
- cocooned
- code
- coded
- codon
- coed
- concede
- conceded
- condo
- condone
- condoned
- coned
- conned
- convened
- conveyed
- conveyed
- convoyed
- convoyed
- cooed
- decency
- deco
- decode
- decoded
- decoy
- decoyed
- deed
- deeded
- deny
- dodo
- done
- donee
- donned
- dove
- doyen
- doyenne
- dyed
- dyne
- eddy
- encode
- encoded
- ended
- evened
- eyed
- need
- needed
- needy
- nodded
- node
- odeon
- vend
- vended
- voodoo
- yenned
- yond
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 2, 2020 uses the seven letters C, D, E, N, O, V, Y, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 284 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 198 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.