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Spelling Bee September 4, 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: H

A
C
G
H
I
N
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

30

accepted entries

Total points

161

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

112

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CHAPPING
  • CHAPPING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

24 pts

15%

Nice

40 pts

25%

Great

64 pts

40%

Amazing

80 pts

50%

Genius

112 pts

70%

Queen Bee

161 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • aching
C 20 words
  • caching
  • chai
  • chain
  • chaining
  • chancing
  • changing
  • chap
  • chapping
  • chapping
  • chia
  • chic
  • chica
  • chichi
  • chin
  • china
  • chinning
  • chip
  • chipping
  • cinch
  • cinching
H 4 words
  • hang
  • hanging
  • high
  • hinging
I 2 words
  • inch
  • inching
N 1 word
  • nigh
P 2 words
  • pinch
  • pinching

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, September 4, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, G, H, I, N, P, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 30 accepted words for a total of 161 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 112 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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