Spelling Bee August 20, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
166
Pangrams
4
Genius score
116
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ARTHROPOD
- ARTHROPOD
- HARDTOP
- HARDTOP
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
83 pts
50%
Genius
116 pts
70%
Queen Bee
166 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adapt
- adaptor
- adopt
- ardor
- arthropod
- arthropod
- dart
- data
- dodo
- doodad
- door
- dotard
- doth
- drat
- droop
- drop
- hard
- hardhat
- hardtop
- hardtop
- hoard
- hood
- hoodoo
- hotrod
- odor
- parador
- paradrop
- prod
- radar
- road
- rood
- toad
- trapdoor
- trod
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 20, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, H, O, P, R, T, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 166 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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.