Spelling Bee April 22, 2021 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
206
Pangrams
2
Genius score
144
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- POTBELLY
- POTBELLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
51 pts
25%
Great
82 pts
40%
Amazing
103 pts
50%
Genius
144 pts
70%
Queen Bee
206 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bebop
- beep
- beet
- beetle
- bell
- bellboy
- belle
- belly
- belt
- bleep
- bobble
- bootee
- bottle
- byte
- eely
- elope
- epee
- eyebolt
- eyelet
- lobe
- lope
- obey
- oboe
- oleo
- pebble
- pebbly
- peel
- peep
- pellet
- pelt
- people
- peppy
- petty
- peyote
- pleb
- plebe
- poet
- pole
- pope
- poppet
- potbelly
- potbelly
- teepee
- teletype
- tell
- tepee
- tootle
- tope
- topple
- tote
- type
- yell
- yelp
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 22, 2021 uses the seven letters B, E, L, O, P, T, Y, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 206 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 144 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.