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Spelling Bee Answers for July 11, 2020

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words21
Pangrams1
Points possible83
Center letterB
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published July 11, 2020·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

CR
YBA
KD

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
7 pts
Good
13 pts
Solid
21 pts
Nice
34 pts
Great
42 pts
Amazing
59 pts
Genius
71 pts
Queen Bee
83 pts
Total words
21
Pangrams
1
Possible points
83

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 1 pangram
backyard +15 pts

The full word list

All 21 valid Spelling Bee solutions for July 11, 2020, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters11 words
babababybackbarbbardbarkbradbraycarbcrabdrab
5 letters4 words
abackbabkabaddycabby
6 letters2 words
abbacycrabby
7 letters2 words
barrackcrybaby
8 letters1 word
backyard
11 letters1 word
abracadabra

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

backyard +15abracadabra +11barrack +7crybaby +7abbacy +6

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for July 11, 2020 has 21 valid words for a total of 83 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 71 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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