Spelling Bee September 18, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
278
Pangrams
4
Genius score
194
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNBUTTONING
- UNBUTTONING
- BUTTONING
- BUTTONING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
69 pts
25%
Great
111 pts
40%
Amazing
139 pts
50%
Genius
194 pts
70%
Queen Bee
278 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bout
- bugging
- bung
- bunion
- bunt
- bunting
- butt
- butting
- button
- buttoning
- buttoning
- gouging
- gout
- gunning
- gutting
- intuit
- intuiting
- intuition
- noun
- nubbin
- outgo
- outgoing
- outgun
- outgunning
- outing
- tonguing
- tout
- touting
- tubing
- tugging
- tuition
- tuning
- tutti
- tutting
- tutu
- unbutton
- unbuttoning
- unbuttoning
- union
- unit
- uniting
- unto
- untuning
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, September 18, 2020 uses the seven letters B, G, I, N, O, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 278 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 194 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.