Spelling Bee September 22, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
181
Pangrams
2
Genius score
126
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXCITEMENT
- EXCITEMENT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
72 pts
40%
Amazing
90 pts
50%
Genius
126 pts
70%
Queen Bee
181 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cement
- centime
- emcee
- emetic
- eminence
- eminent
- emit
- enticement
- excitement
- excitement
- icemen
- imminence
- imminent
- incitement
- item
- meet
- meme
- mentee
- mete
- mice
- mien
- mime
- mimetic
- mimic
- mince
- mine
- mini
- minim
- mint
- minx
- mite
- mitt
- mitten
- teem
- tenement
- time
- titmice
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 22, 2020 uses the seven letters C, E, I, M, N, T, X, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 181 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 126 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.