Spelling Bee August 18, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
46
Total points
190
Pangrams
2
Genius score
133
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LEXICON
- LEXICON
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
47 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
95 pts
50%
Genius
133 pts
70%
Queen Bee
190 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cello
- clone
- cocci
- cocoon
- coil
- coin
- colic
- colleen
- collie
- colon
- colonel
- colonic
- cone
- conic
- cool
- icon
- iconic
- innocence
- ionic
- leonine
- lexicon
- lexicon
- lion
- loci
- loco
- loin
- loll
- lone
- loon
- loonie
- neocon
- neon
- noel
- nonce
- none
- nonillion
- noon
- oleic
- oleo
- olio
- ollie
- once
- onion
- online
- oxen
- xenon
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 18, 2021 uses the seven letters C, E, I, L, N, O, X, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 190 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 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.