Spelling Bee August 19, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
280
Pangrams
4
Genius score
196
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INEFFECTIVE
- INEFFECTIVE
- INFECTIVE
- INFECTIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
42 pts
15%
Nice
70 pts
25%
Great
112 pts
40%
Amazing
140 pts
50%
Genius
196 pts
70%
Queen Bee
280 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cent
- cite
- civet
- effect
- effective
- effete
- efficient
- entente
- entice
- event
- evict
- evictee
- feet
- feint
- fete
- fictive
- fifteen
- finite
- incentive
- incite
- ineffective
- ineffective
- inefficient
- infect
- infective
- infective
- infinite
- infinitive
- intent
- invective
- invent
- inventive
- invite
- invitee
- nineteen
- nite
- teen
- tenet
- tent
- tiff
- tinct
- tine
- tint
- vent
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 19, 2021 uses the seven letters C, E, F, I, N, T, V, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 280 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 196 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.