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Spelling Bee October 22, 2020 answers

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

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Today's letter set · Center: Y

A
D
K
L
R
W
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

29

accepted entries

Total points

146

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

102

70% of total

Center letter

Y

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • AWKWARDLY
  • AWKWARDLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

21 pts

15%

Nice

36 pts

25%

Great

58 pts

40%

Amazing

73 pts

50%

Genius

102 pts

70%

Queen Bee

146 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • allay
  • ally
  • array
  • away
  • awkwardly
  • awkwardly
  • awry
D 9 words
  • daddy
  • dally
  • darkly
  • drawly
  • dray
  • dryad
  • dryly
  • drywall
  • dyad
K 1 word
  • kayak
L 2 words
  • lady
  • layaway
R 2 words
  • rally
  • rawly
W 6 words
  • walkway
  • wary
  • waylay
  • wayward
  • waywardly
  • wryly
Y 2 words
  • yard
  • yawl

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 22, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, K, L, R, W, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 146 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 102 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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