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Spelling Bee September 15, 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: R

A
C
F
K
O
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

61

accepted entries

Total points

250

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

175

70% of total

Center letter

R

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • OFFTRACK
  • OFFTRACK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

20 pts

8%

Solid

37 pts

15%

Nice

62 pts

25%

Great

100 pts

40%

Amazing

125 pts

50%

Genius

175 pts

70%

Queen Bee

250 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • actor
  • afar
  • afro
  • aorta
  • arco
  • attar
  • attract
  • attractor
C 14 words
  • carat
  • carrot
  • cart
  • cataract
  • coactor
  • coatrack
  • cofactor
  • cork
  • crack
  • craft
  • croak
  • croc
  • crock
  • crook
F 9 words
  • factor
  • farro
  • fart
  • fora
  • fork
  • fort
  • frack
  • frat
  • frock
K 2 words
  • karat
  • kart
O 5 words
  • offtrack
  • offtrack
  • okra
  • orator
  • orca
R 13 words
  • rack
  • raft
  • ratatat
  • roar
  • rock
  • rococo
  • roof
  • rook
  • root
  • rotator
  • roto
  • rotor
  • rotorcraft
T 10 words
  • taro
  • tarot
  • tart
  • tartar
  • toro
  • tort
  • track
  • tract
  • tractor
  • trot

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 15, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, F, K, O, R, T, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 250 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 175 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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