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
Puzzle stats
Total words
29
Total points
116
Pangrams
2
Genius score
81
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNKEMPT
- UNKEMPT
Rank thresholds
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
- epee
- keep
- kempt
- kept
- meetup
- peek
- peen
- peep
- peke
- penmen
- penne
- pent
- puke
- pump
- punk
- punt
- puppet
- putt
- teepee
- temp
- tempt
- tepee
- tuneup
- 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.