Spelling Bee September 8, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
51
Total points
249
Pangrams
2
Genius score
174
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PROMOTION
- PROMOTION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
62 pts
25%
Great
99 pts
40%
Amazing
124 pts
50%
Genius
174 pts
70%
Queen Bee
249 pts
100%
All accepted words
- imprint
- into
- intro
- introit
- iron
- mini
- minim
- minion
- minor
- mint
- monitor
- mono
- moon
- morn
- moron
- motion
- nitro
- noir
- nonprint
- noon
- norm
- notion
- onion
- onto
- opinion
- option
- pinion
- pinot
- pinpoint
- pint
- pinto
- pippin
- piton
- point
- pontoon
- porn
- porno
- portion
- potion
- promotion
- promotion
- pronto
- proportion
- proton
- rotini
- tint
- toon
- torn
- tortoni
- triton
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 8, 2020 uses the seven letters I, M, N, O, P, R, T, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 249 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 174 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.