Spelling Bee October 9, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
66
Total points
380
Pangrams
4
Genius score
266
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CONVIVIAL
- CONVIVIAL
- VOLCANIC
- VOLCANIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
19 pts
5%
Good
30 pts
8%
Solid
57 pts
15%
Nice
95 pts
25%
Great
152 pts
40%
Amazing
190 pts
50%
Genius
266 pts
70%
Queen Bee
380 pts
100%
All accepted words
- anal
- anion
- anionic
- annal
- anon
- anvil
- avian
- canal
- cancan
- canna
- cannoli
- cannon
- canola
- canon
- canonic
- canonical
- civilian
- clan
- clinic
- clinical
- clinician
- clonal
- cocoon
- coin
- colcannon
- colon
- colonial
- colonic
- conic
- conical
- convivial
- convivial
- icon
- iconic
- incivil
- ionic
- laconic
- lain
- lanai
- lanolin
- lion
- llano
- loan
- loin
- loon
- naan
- nail
- nana
- naval
- niacin
- nonclinical
- nonillion
- nonlocal
- nonvocal
- noon
- nova
- oilcan
- onion
- vain
- vanilla
- vanillin
- villain
- violin
- volcanic
- volcanic
- volcano
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 9, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, I, L, N, O, V, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 66 accepted words for a total of 380 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 266 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.