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Spelling Bee October 8, 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: P

E
K
M
N
P
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

29

accepted entries

Total points

116

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

81

70% of total

Center letter

P

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNKEMPT
  • UNKEMPT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

17 pts

15%

Nice

29 pts

25%

Great

46 pts

40%

Amazing

58 pts

50%

Genius

81 pts

70%

Queen Bee

116 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 1 word
  • epee
K 3 words
  • keep
  • kempt
  • kept
M 1 word
  • meetup
P 13 words
  • peek
  • peen
  • peep
  • peke
  • penmen
  • penne
  • pent
  • puke
  • pump
  • punk
  • punt
  • puppet
  • putt
T 5 words
  • teepee
  • temp
  • tempt
  • tepee
  • tuneup
U 6 words
  • umpteen
  • unkempt
  • unkempt
  • unkept
  • unpen
  • upkeep

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 8, 2020 uses the seven letters E, K, M, N, P, T, U, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 116 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 81 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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