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Spelling Bee October 23, 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: H

C
H
I
K
O
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

31

accepted entries

Total points

129

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

90

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • TOOTHPICK
  • TOOTHPICK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

19 pts

15%

Nice

32 pts

25%

Great

51 pts

40%

Amazing

64 pts

50%

Genius

90 pts

70%

Queen Bee

129 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 8 words
  • chic
  • chichi
  • chick
  • chip
  • chit
  • chock
  • chop
  • coho
H 9 words
  • hick
  • hippo
  • hitch
  • hock
  • hooch
  • hook
  • hoop
  • hoot
  • hotpot
I 1 word
  • itch
K 1 word
  • kith
P 8 words
  • photic
  • photo
  • photopic
  • pitch
  • pith
  • pooch
  • pooh
  • pothook
T 4 words
  • thick
  • tooth
  • toothpick
  • toothpick

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 23, 2020 uses the seven letters C, H, I, K, O, P, T, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 129 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 90 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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