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Spelling Bee August 15, 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: T

E
I
L
P
T
V
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

29

accepted entries

Total points

146

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

102

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • EXPLETIVE
  • EXPLETIVE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

21 pts

15%

Nice

36 pts

25%

Great

58 pts

40%

Amazing

73 pts

50%

Genius

102 pts

70%

Queen Bee

146 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 4 words
  • elite
  • exit
  • expletive
  • expletive
L 3 words
  • lilt
  • lite
  • little
P 7 words
  • pellet
  • pelt
  • petit
  • petite
  • pipet
  • pipette
  • pipit
T 14 words
  • teepee
  • teletext
  • telex
  • tell
  • tepee
  • text
  • textile
  • tile
  • till
  • tilt
  • tippet
  • tipple
  • title
  • tittle
V 1 word
  • velvet

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 15, 2021 uses the seven letters E, I, L, P, T, V, X, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 146 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 102 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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