Spelling Bee October 3, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
55
Total points
314
Pangrams
6
Genius score
219
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CLAIMABLE
- CLIMBABLE
- CLAIMABLE
- CLIMBABLE
- AMICABLE
- AMICABLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
78 pts
25%
Great
125 pts
40%
Amazing
157 pts
50%
Genius
219 pts
70%
Queen Bee
314 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abaci
- acacia
- acai
- acclaim
- acme
- amebic
- amicable
- amicable
- bacilli
- became
- biblical
- cabal
- cabala
- cabbie
- cable
- call
- calla
- callable
- calm
- came
- camel
- camellia
- cami
- celeb
- celiac
- cell
- celli
- cilia
- claim
- claimable
- claimable
- clam
- climb
- climbable
- climbable
- clime
- emcee
- iambic
- icicle
- iliac
- imbecile
- imbecilic
- lace
- laic
- laical
- lice
- lilac
- limbic
- mace
- malic
- malice
- mecca
- mica
- mice
- mimic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 3, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, I, L, M, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 314 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 219 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.