Spelling Bee September 23, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
75
Total points
319
Pangrams
2
Genius score
223
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ATROPHY
- ATROPHY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
127 pts
40%
Amazing
159 pts
50%
Genius
223 pts
70%
Queen Bee
319 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aorta
- apart
- apathy
- aport
- apparat
- arhat
- arty
- atop
- atrophy
- atrophy
- attar
- hart
- hath
- hatha
- hoot
- hortatory
- hotpot
- oath
- oaty
- orator
- oratory
- paratroop
- parrot
- part
- party
- path
- patty
- phat
- photo
- port
- portray
- potato
- potty
- prat
- rapport
- rapt
- raptor
- ratatat
- rattrap
- ratty
- root
- rotary
- rotator
- rotatory
- roto
- rotor
- tapa
- taproot
- taro
- tarot
- tarp
- tarry
- tart
- tartar
- tattoo
- tatty
- that
- throat
- throaty
- toot
- tooth
- toothy
- torah
- toro
- torpor
- tort
- trap
- tray
- troop
- trophy
- trot
- troth
- troy
- typo
- tyro
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 23, 2020 uses the seven letters A, H, O, P, R, T, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 75 accepted words for a total of 319 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 223 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.