Wednesday · 76 words

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

A
H
O
P
R
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

75

accepted entries

Total points

319

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

223

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ATROPHY
  • ATROPHY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 11 words
  • aorta
  • apart
  • apathy
  • aport
  • apparat
  • arhat
  • arty
  • atop
  • atrophy
  • atrophy
  • attar
H 6 words
  • hart
  • hath
  • hatha
  • hoot
  • hortatory
  • hotpot
O 4 words
  • oath
  • oaty
  • orator
  • oratory
P 13 words
  • paratroop
  • parrot
  • part
  • party
  • path
  • patty
  • phat
  • photo
  • port
  • portray
  • potato
  • potty
  • prat
R 12 words
  • rapport
  • rapt
  • raptor
  • ratatat
  • rattrap
  • ratty
  • root
  • rotary
  • rotator
  • rotatory
  • roto
  • rotor
T 29 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

← Previous No earlier puzzle
Spelling Bee september 23 2020 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough