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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

A
C
D
I
O
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

69

accepted entries

Total points

391

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

273

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DICTATOR
  • DICTATOR
  • CAROTID
  • CAROTID

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 14 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acrid
  • addict
  • adroit
  • aortic
  • arcadia
  • arctic
  • aria
  • arid
  • atria
  • attic
C 18 words
  • cacti
  • cardiac
  • cardio
  • cardioid
  • carioca
  • carotid
  • carotid
  • ciao
  • cicada
  • circa
  • cirri
  • citric
  • coati
  • cocci
  • corrida
  • corridor
  • critic
  • croci
D 9 words
  • diacritic
  • dicta
  • dictator
  • dictator
  • didact
  • didactic
  • dirt
  • ditto
  • droid
I 4 words
  • idiot
  • idiotic
  • iota
  • irritator
O 1 word
  • oratorio
R 9 words
  • radiator
  • radii
  • radio
  • raid
  • raita
  • ratio
  • ricotta
  • riot
  • roti
T 14 words
  • 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.

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

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