Spelling Bee August 14, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
66
Total points
386
Pangrams
6
Genius score
270
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DODECAGON
- DODECAGON
- DECAGON
- CONGAED
- CONGAED
- DECAGON
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
19 pts
5%
Good
30 pts
8%
Solid
57 pts
15%
Nice
96 pts
25%
Great
154 pts
40%
Amazing
193 pts
50%
Genius
270 pts
70%
Queen Bee
386 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accede
- acceded
- aced
- acne
- anaconda
- cacao
- cadence
- cadge
- cadged
- cage
- caged
- cancan
- cane
- caned
- canna
- canned
- cannon
- cannonade
- canoe
- canoed
- canon
- cede
- ceded
- coca
- cocoa
- cocoon
- cocooned
- coda
- code
- coded
- codon
- coed
- cognac
- concede
- conceded
- condo
- condone
- condoned
- cone
- coned
- conga
- congaed
- congaed
- conned
- cooed
- dace
- dance
- danced
- deacon
- decade
- decadence
- decagon
- decagon
- deco
- decode
- decoded
- dodecagon
- dodecagon
- encage
- encaged
- encode
- encoded
- neocon
- nonce
- ocean
- once
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 14, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, G, N, O, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 66 accepted words for a total of 386 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 270 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.