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Spelling Bee October 20, 2026 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

AW Verified by AppWalkthrough · Published Oct 20, 2026

Today's letter set · Center: H

C
H
I
K
M
N
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

19

accepted entries

Total points

94

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

65

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MUNCHKIN
  • MUNCHKIN

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

1 pts

2%

Moving Up

4 pts

5%

Good

7 pts

8%

Solid

14 pts

15%

Nice

23 pts

25%

Great

37 pts

40%

Amazing

47 pts

50%

Genius

65 pts

70%

Queen Bee

94 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 8 words
  • chic
  • chichi
  • chick
  • chin
  • chuck
  • chum
  • chunk
  • cinch
H 3 words
  • hick
  • hunch
  • hunk
I 1 word
  • inch
K 1 word
  • kimchi
M 4 words
  • much
  • munch
  • munchkin
  • munchkin
N 2 words
  • nunchuck
  • nunchuk

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, October 20, 2026 uses the seven letters C, H, I, K, M, N, U, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 19 accepted words for a total of 94 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 65 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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