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
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
129
Pangrams
2
Genius score
90
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TOOTHPICK
- TOOTHPICK
Rank thresholds
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
- chic
- chichi
- chick
- chip
- chit
- chock
- chop
- coho
- hick
- hippo
- hitch
- hock
- hooch
- hook
- hoop
- hoot
- hotpot
- itch
- kith
- photic
- photo
- photopic
- pitch
- pith
- pooch
- pooh
- pothook
- 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.