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Spelling Bee April 29, 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: C

A
C
G
I
K
N
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

47

accepted entries

Total points

296

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

207

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ATTACKING
  • ATTACKING
  • TACKING
  • TACKING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

14 pts

5%

Good

23 pts

8%

Solid

44 pts

15%

Nice

74 pts

25%

Great

118 pts

40%

Amazing

148 pts

50%

Genius

207 pts

70%

Queen Bee

296 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 9 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acing
  • acting
  • antic
  • attack
  • attacking
  • attacking
  • attic
C 13 words
  • cacti
  • caging
  • caking
  • cancan
  • caning
  • canna
  • canning
  • cant
  • cantata
  • cantina
  • canting
  • catkin
  • citing
G 1 word
  • gigantic
I 5 words
  • icing
  • incant
  • incanting
  • inciting
  • intact
K 4 words
  • kick
  • kicking
  • knack
  • knickknack
N 3 words
  • niacin
  • nick
  • nicking
T 12 words
  • tacit
  • tack
  • tacking
  • tacking
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactician
  • tannic
  • tick
  • ticking
  • tinct
  • titanic

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 29, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, G, I, K, N, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 296 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 207 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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