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Spelling Bee August 21, 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: U

C
D
E
L
N
O
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

65

accepted entries

Total points

357

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

249

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CONCLUDED
  • CONCLUDED
  • CONCLUDE
  • CONCLUDE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

7 pts

2%

Moving Up

17 pts

5%

Good

28 pts

8%

Solid

53 pts

15%

Nice

89 pts

25%

Great

142 pts

40%

Amazing

178 pts

50%

Genius

249 pts

70%

Queen Bee

357 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 18 words
  • cellule
  • cloud
  • clouded
  • clue
  • clued
  • collude
  • colluded
  • conclude
  • conclude
  • concluded
  • concluded
  • could
  • coulee
  • cuddle
  • cuddled
  • cued
  • cull
  • culled
D 19 words
  • deduce
  • deduced
  • delude
  • deluded
  • denounce
  • denounced
  • denude
  • denuded
  • deuce
  • dude
  • duded
  • duel
  • dueled
  • dull
  • dulled
  • dunce
  • dune
  • dunned
  • dunno
E 6 words
  • educe
  • educed
  • elude
  • eluded
  • endue
  • endued
L 7 words
  • loud
  • louden
  • loudened
  • lull
  • lulled
  • lulu
  • lune
N 5 words
  • nodule
  • noun
  • nucleon
  • nude
  • null
O 3 words
  • occlude
  • occluded
  • ounce
U 7 words
  • udon
  • uncle
  • uncool
  • undo
  • undone
  • undue
  • unneeded

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 21, 2021 uses the seven letters C, D, E, L, N, O, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 65 accepted words for a total of 357 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 249 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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