Spelling Bee September 30, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
218
Pangrams
2
Genius score
152
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COLLECTIVE
- COLLECTIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
54 pts
25%
Great
87 pts
40%
Amazing
109 pts
50%
Genius
152 pts
70%
Queen Bee
218 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cell
- celli
- cello
- cite
- civet
- civic
- civil
- clot
- clove
- cocci
- coevolve
- coil
- colic
- collect
- collective
- collective
- collet
- collie
- colt
- cool
- coot
- cootie
- cote
- cove
- covet
- eclectic
- elect
- electee
- elective
- elicit
- evict
- evictee
- icicle
- illicit
- lice
- licit
- loci
- loco
- ocelot
- ocotillo
- octet
- oleic
- vice
- voice
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 30, 2020 uses the seven letters C, E, I, L, O, T, V, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 218 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 152 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.