Spelling Bee September 25, 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: W
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
180
Pangrams
2
Genius score
125
Center letter
W
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CLOWNED
- CLOWNED
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
180 pts
100%
All accepted words
- clown
- clowned
- clowned
- cooldown
- cowed
- cowl
- dowel
- down
- downed
- dwell
- dwelled
- endow
- endowed
- enow
- lewd
- locoweed
- lowdown
- lowed
- newel
- owed
- owned
- wedded
- weed
- weeded
- weld
- welded
- well
- welled
- wend
- wended
- wood
- wooded
- wooden
- wooed
- wool
- woolen
- wowed
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, September 25, 2020 uses the seven letters C, D, E, L, N, O, W, with W as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 180 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 125 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.