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Spelling Bee April 8, 2021 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: B

B
E
F
I
L
N
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

23

accepted entries

Total points

121

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

84

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INFLEXIBLE
  • INFLEXIBLE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

18 pts

15%

Nice

30 pts

25%

Great

48 pts

40%

Amazing

60 pts

50%

Genius

84 pts

70%

Queen Bee

121 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 14 words
  • beef
  • beeline
  • been
  • befell
  • belie
  • belief
  • bell
  • belle
  • bible
  • biff
  • bile
  • bill
  • blin
  • blini
E 1 word
  • enfeeble
F 2 words
  • feeble
  • flexible
I 3 words
  • ibex
  • inflexible
  • inflexible
L 2 words
  • libel
  • libelee
N 1 word
  • nibble

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 8, 2021 uses the seven letters B, E, F, I, L, N, X, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 23 accepted words for a total of 121 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 84 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.

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

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