Spelling Bee August 16, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
185
Pangrams
2
Genius score
129
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LOGOPHILE
- LOGOPHILE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
92 pts
50%
Genius
129 pts
70%
Queen Bee
185 pts
100%
All accepted words
- elope
- epilog
- gelee
- giggle
- gigolo
- gill
- glee
- gloop
- glop
- goggle
- googol
- heel
- hell
- hellhole
- hello
- help
- hill
- hole
- igloo
- liege
- lipo
- loge
- logo
- logophile
- logophile
- loll
- lollipop
- lollop
- loop
- loophole
- lope
- ogle
- oleo
- olio
- ollie
- peel
- peephole
- people
- piehole
- pile
- pill
- plie
- plop
- pole
- polio
- poll
- polo
- pool
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, August 16, 2021 uses the seven letters E, G, H, I, L, O, P, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 185 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 129 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.