Spelling Bee September 7, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
168
Pangrams
4
Genius score
117
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HABITUAL
- HABITUAL
- HALIBUT
- HALIBUT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
42 pts
25%
Great
67 pts
40%
Amazing
84 pts
50%
Genius
117 pts
70%
Queen Bee
168 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abut
- alibi
- alit
- atilt
- baba
- baht
- bail
- bait
- ball
- bath
- bathtub
- bilabial
- blab
- blah
- blat
- bubba
- habit
- habitat
- habitual
- habitual
- hail
- halal
- halibut
- halibut
- hall
- halt
- hath
- hatha
- haul
- hiatal
- hula
- labia
- labial
- lath
- luau
- tabla
- tail
- tali
- tall
- taut
- that
- tibia
- tibial
- tuba
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, September 7, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, H, I, L, T, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 168 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 117 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.