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Spelling Bee Answers for June 3, 2020

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

Words31
Pangrams1
Points possible119
Center letterN
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published June 3, 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.

UT
ANG
HY

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
10 pts
Good
18 pts
Solid
30 pts
Nice
48 pts
Great
60 pts
Amazing
84 pts
Genius
102 pts
Queen Bee
119 pts
Total words
31
Pangrams
1
Possible points
119

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
naughty +14 pts

The full word list

All 31 valid Spelling Bee solutions for June 3, 2020, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters13 words
auntganggnathanghunghuntnaannanatangthantunayangyuan
5 letters12 words
auntygaunthauntnaggynannynattynuttytangytauntungagunhatuntag
6 letters4 words
natantnaughtunhangunhung
7 letters1 word
naughty
8 letters1 word
untaught

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.

naughty +14untaught +8natant +6naught +6unhang +6

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for June 3, 2020 has 31 valid words for a total of 119 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 102 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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