Spelling Bee September 16, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
204
Pangrams
2
Genius score
142
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DATAFLOW
- DATAFLOW
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
51 pts
25%
Great
81 pts
40%
Amazing
102 pts
50%
Genius
142 pts
70%
Queen Bee
204 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afloat
- alfalfa
- allot
- allow
- aloft
- aloof
- alto
- atoll
- dataflow
- dataflow
- doll
- dolt
- fall
- falloff
- fallow
- fatal
- flat
- flatfoot
- flaw
- float
- flood
- floodwall
- flow
- foal
- fold
- follow
- fool
- footfall
- footwall
- fowl
- load
- loaf
- loft
- loll
- loofa
- loot
- lotto
- offal
- offload
- tall
- tallow
- told
- toll
- tool
- total
- twofold
- wall
- wallow
- wolf
- wool
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 16, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, F, L, O, T, W, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 204 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 142 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.