Spelling Bee September 20, 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: K
Puzzle stats
Total words
41
Total points
272
Pangrams
8
Genius score
190
Center letter
K
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CACKLING
- CLACKING
- CLACKING
- CACKLING
- CLANKING
- CLANKING
- LACKING
- LACKING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
68 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
136 pts
50%
Genius
190 pts
70%
Queen Bee
272 pts
100%
All accepted words
- akin
- alack
- alkali
- cackling
- cackling
- caking
- clack
- clacking
- clacking
- clank
- clanking
- clanking
- click
- clicking
- clink
- clinking
- inking
- inkling
- kick
- kicking
- kill
- killing
- kiln
- kilning
- king
- kinging
- kink
- kinking
- knack
- knickknack
- lack
- lacking
- lacking
- lank
- lick
- licking
- liking
- link
- linking
- nick
- nicking
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 20, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, G, I, K, L, N, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 272 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 190 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 8 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.