Spelling Bee September 17, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
166
Pangrams
2
Genius score
116
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PAINFUL
- PAINFUL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
83 pts
50%
Genius
116 pts
70%
Queen Bee
166 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alfalfa
- anal
- annal
- annual
- annul
- annuli
- apian
- appall
- fail
- fall
- faun
- fauna
- faunal
- filial
- final
- finial
- flail
- flan
- flap
- lain
- lanai
- luau
- luna
- lunula
- naan
- naif
- nail
- nana
- pail
- pain
- painful
- painful
- pall
- palp
- panini
- papa
- papal
- papilla
- pilaf
- plain
- plan
- pupa
- pupal
- ulna
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 17, 2020 uses the seven letters A, F, I, L, N, P, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 166 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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.