Sunday · 42 words

Spelling Bee October 4, 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

A
D
I
N
O
T
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

41

accepted entries

Total points

264

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

184

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ANTIOXIDANT
  • ANTIOXIDANT
  • OXIDATION
  • OXIDATION
  • OXIDANT
  • OXIDANT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

21 pts

8%

Solid

39 pts

15%

Nice

66 pts

25%

Great

105 pts

40%

Amazing

132 pts

50%

Genius

184 pts

70%

Queen Bee

264 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 10 words
  • addition
  • annotation
  • anoint
  • anti
  • antioxidant
  • antioxidant
  • antitoxin
  • ataxia
  • attain
  • attaint
D 4 words
  • data
  • dint
  • ditto
  • donation
I 5 words
  • idiot
  • initiation
  • into
  • intonation
  • iota
N 4 words
  • natant
  • nation
  • notation
  • notion
O 5 words
  • onto
  • oxidant
  • oxidant
  • oxidation
  • oxidation
T 13 words
  • taint
  • tannin
  • tattoo
  • taxa
  • taxation
  • taxi
  • taxon
  • tint
  • titan
  • toad
  • toon
  • toot
  • toxin

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 4, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, I, N, O, T, X, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 264 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 184 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.

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

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