Spelling Bee September 1, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
46
Total points
231
Pangrams
4
Genius score
161
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LAPIDARY
- LAPIDARY
- RAPIDLY
- RAPIDLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
34 pts
15%
Nice
57 pts
25%
Great
92 pts
40%
Amazing
115 pts
50%
Genius
161 pts
70%
Queen Bee
231 pts
100%
All accepted words
- arid
- daddy
- daily
- dairy
- dally
- daylily
- dial
- diary
- diddly
- dill
- dilly
- dillydally
- dippy
- dray
- drill
- drip
- drippy
- dryad
- dryly
- dyad
- idly
- idyl
- idyll
- iliad
- lady
- laid
- lapidary
- lapidary
- lard
- lipid
- paddy
- paid
- pallid
- pallidly
- payday
- piddly
- plaid
- radar
- radial
- radially
- radii
- raid
- rapid
- rapidly
- rapidly
- yard
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 1, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, P, R, Y, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 231 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 161 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.