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Spelling Bee September 24, 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: C

A
C
G
I
L
O
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

34

accepted entries

Total points

166

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

116

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ZOOLOGICAL
  • ZOOLOGICAL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

24 pts

15%

Nice

41 pts

25%

Great

66 pts

40%

Amazing

83 pts

50%

Genius

116 pts

70%

Queen Bee

166 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • acacia
  • acai
C 17 words
  • cacao
  • calico
  • call
  • calla
  • callaloo
  • ciao
  • cilia
  • cloaca
  • clog
  • coal
  • coca
  • cocci
  • cocoa
  • coil
  • cola
  • colic
  • cool
G 1 word
  • glacial
I 3 words
  • iliac
  • illogic
  • illogical
L 8 words
  • laic
  • laical
  • lilac
  • local
  • loci
  • loco
  • logic
  • logical
Z 3 words
  • zoologic
  • zoological
  • zoological

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 24, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, G, I, L, O, Z, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 166 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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.

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