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Spelling Bee October 28, 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: T

D
E
F
I
N
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

67

accepted entries

Total points

367

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

256

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DEFINITIVE
  • DEFINITIVE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

7 pts

2%

Moving Up

18 pts

5%

Good

29 pts

8%

Solid

55 pts

15%

Nice

91 pts

25%

Great

146 pts

40%

Amazing

183 pts

50%

Genius

256 pts

70%

Queen Bee

367 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 13 words
  • definite
  • definitive
  • definitive
  • deft
  • dent
  • dented
  • dentin
  • detente
  • diet
  • dieted
  • diffident
  • dinette
  • dint
E 7 words
  • edit
  • edited
  • effete
  • entente
  • event
  • eventide
  • evident
F 9 words
  • feet
  • feint
  • feinted
  • fete
  • feted
  • fetid
  • fifteen
  • finite
  • fitted
I 15 words
  • identified
  • indefinite
  • indent
  • indented
  • infinite
  • infinitive
  • intend
  • intended
  • intent
  • invent
  • invented
  • inventive
  • invite
  • invited
  • invitee
N 3 words
  • netted
  • nineteen
  • nite
T 17 words
  • teed
  • teen
  • tend
  • tended
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tented
  • tide
  • tided
  • tidied
  • tied
  • tiff
  • tine
  • tined
  • tinned
  • tint
  • tinted
V 3 words
  • vent
  • vented
  • vetted

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 28, 2020 uses the seven letters D, E, F, I, N, T, V, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 67 accepted words for a total of 367 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 256 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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