Spelling Bee October 26, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
69
Total points
391
Pangrams
4
Genius score
273
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DICTATOR
- DICTATOR
- CAROTID
- CAROTID
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
19 pts
5%
Good
31 pts
8%
Solid
58 pts
15%
Nice
97 pts
25%
Great
156 pts
40%
Amazing
195 pts
50%
Genius
273 pts
70%
Queen Bee
391 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acid
- acidic
- acrid
- addict
- adroit
- aortic
- arcadia
- arctic
- aria
- arid
- atria
- attic
- cacti
- cardiac
- cardio
- cardioid
- carioca
- carotid
- carotid
- ciao
- cicada
- circa
- cirri
- citric
- coati
- cocci
- corrida
- corridor
- critic
- croci
- diacritic
- dicta
- dictator
- dictator
- didact
- didactic
- dirt
- ditto
- droid
- idiot
- idiotic
- iota
- irritator
- oratorio
- radiator
- radii
- radio
- raid
- raita
- ratio
- ricotta
- riot
- roti
- tacit
- tactic
- tiara
- tori
- toric
- torii
- toroid
- torrid
- trait
- traitor
- trattoria
- triad
- tricot
- trio
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, October 26, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, D, I, O, R, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 69 accepted words for a total of 391 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 273 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.