Spelling Bee September 21, 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
27
Total points
138
Pangrams
2
Genius score
96
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FUNCTION
- FUNCTION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
34 pts
25%
Great
55 pts
40%
Amazing
69 pts
50%
Genius
96 pts
70%
Queen Bee
138 pts
100%
All accepted words
- coconut
- count
- cuff
- cutoff
- cutout
- fount
- function
- function
- futon
- intuit
- intuition
- noun
- outfit
- tofu
- tout
- tuft
- tuition
- tunic
- tutti
- tutu
- unction
- uncuff
- uncut
- unfit
- union
- unit
- unto
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, September 21, 2020 uses the seven letters C, F, I, N, O, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 138 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 96 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.