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Spelling Bee October 27, 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: Z

A
E
G
I
M
N
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

24

accepted entries

Total points

145

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

101

70% of total

Center letter

Z

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MAGAZINE
  • MAGAZINE

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

72 pts

50%

Genius

101 pts

70%

Queen Bee

145 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • agaze
  • amaze
  • amazing
G 3 words
  • gaze
  • gazing
  • geez
M 10 words
  • magazine
  • magazine
  • maize
  • maze
  • meze
  • mezzanine
  • mezze
  • minimize
  • minimizing
  • mizzen
Z 8 words
  • zagging
  • zigging
  • zigzag
  • zigzagging
  • zine
  • zing
  • zinging
  • zinnia

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, October 27, 2020 uses the seven letters A, E, G, I, M, N, Z, with Z as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 24 accepted words for a total of 145 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 101 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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