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Spelling Bee August 12, 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: I

E
I
L
M
T
U
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

32

accepted entries

Total points

112

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

78

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MULTILEVEL
  • MULTILEVEL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

16 pts

15%

Nice

28 pts

25%

Great

44 pts

40%

Amazing

56 pts

50%

Genius

78 pts

70%

Queen Bee

112 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 3 words
  • elite
  • emit
  • evil
I 3 words
  • ileum
  • ilium
  • item
L 7 words
  • lieu
  • lilt
  • lime
  • limit
  • lite
  • little
  • live
M 9 words
  • mile
  • milieu
  • mill
  • millet
  • mime
  • mite
  • mitt
  • multilevel
  • multilevel
T 7 words
  • tile
  • till
  • tilt
  • time
  • title
  • tittle
  • tutti
U 1 word
  • utile
V 2 words
  • veil
  • vile

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 12, 2021 uses the seven letters E, I, L, M, T, U, V, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 112 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 78 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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