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
Puzzle stats
Total words
61
Total points
250
Pangrams
2
Genius score
175
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OFFTRACK
- OFFTRACK
Rank thresholds
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
- actor
- afar
- afro
- aorta
- arco
- attar
- attract
- attractor
- carat
- carrot
- cart
- cataract
- coactor
- coatrack
- cofactor
- cork
- crack
- craft
- croak
- croc
- crock
- crook
- factor
- farro
- fart
- fora
- fork
- fort
- frack
- frat
- frock
- karat
- kart
- offtrack
- offtrack
- okra
- orator
- orca
- rack
- raft
- ratatat
- roar
- rock
- rococo
- roof
- rook
- root
- rotator
- roto
- rotor
- rotorcraft
- 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.