Spelling Bee August 11, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
61
Total points
294
Pangrams
4
Genius score
205
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ADDITIONAL
- ADDITIONAL
- DILATION
- DILATION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
23 pts
8%
Solid
44 pts
15%
Nice
73 pts
25%
Great
117 pts
40%
Amazing
147 pts
50%
Genius
205 pts
70%
Queen Bee
294 pts
100%
All accepted words
- addition
- additional
- additional
- aioli
- allot
- alto
- anion
- annotation
- anoint
- anon
- atoll
- atonal
- dilation
- dilation
- dildo
- dino
- ditto
- dodo
- doll
- dolt
- donation
- doodad
- idiot
- idol
- initiation
- into
- intonation
- iota
- lanolin
- lion
- llano
- load
- loan
- loin
- loll
- loon
- loot
- lotion
- lotto
- nation
- national
- nonillion
- noon
- notation
- notion
- notional
- olio
- onion
- onto
- talon
- tattoo
- titillation
- toad
- toil
- told
- toll
- tonal
- tool
- toon
- toot
- total
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 11, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, N, O, T, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 294 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 205 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.