Spelling Bee August 13, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
311
Pangrams
4
Genius score
217
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INFALLIBLE
- INFALLIBLE
- INEFFABLE
- INEFFABLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
46 pts
15%
Nice
77 pts
25%
Great
124 pts
40%
Amazing
155 pts
50%
Genius
217 pts
70%
Queen Bee
311 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alibi
- alien
- bail
- bailee
- bailiff
- beanie
- beeline
- belie
- belief
- bible
- biennia
- biennial
- biff
- bilabial
- bile
- bill
- billable
- blin
- blini
- elfin
- fail
- fallible
- feline
- fief
- fife
- file
- filial
- fill
- final
- finale
- fine
- finial
- flail
- inalienable
- inane
- ineffable
- ineffable
- infallible
- infallible
- infill
- innie
- labia
- labial
- labile
- lain
- lanai
- liable
- libel
- libelee
- lien
- life
- lifeline
- line
- lineal
- linen
- naif
- nail
- nibble
- nine
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 13, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, E, F, I, L, N, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 311 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 217 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.