Spelling Bee August 22, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
66
Total points
337
Pangrams
4
Genius score
235
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INITIALIZE
- INITIALIZE
- TANTALIZE
- TANTALIZE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
26 pts
8%
Solid
50 pts
15%
Nice
84 pts
25%
Great
134 pts
40%
Amazing
168 pts
50%
Genius
235 pts
70%
Queen Bee
337 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alien
- alienate
- alit
- allele
- anal
- annal
- anneal
- ante
- antenatal
- antenna
- antennae
- anti
- atilt
- attain
- attaint
- azalea
- eaten
- elan
- elate
- entail
- inane
- initial
- initialize
- initialize
- initiate
- innate
- lain
- lanai
- lane
- lantana
- late
- lateen
- laten
- latent
- latte
- laze
- lean
- leant
- lineal
- naan
- nail
- nana
- natal
- natant
- neat
- neaten
- tail
- taint
- tale
- talent
- tali
- tall
- tannin
- tantalize
- tantalize
- tattle
- tattletale
- teal
- teat
- telltale
- tenant
- titan
- titillate
- zeal
- zeta
- zinnia
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 22, 2021 uses the seven letters A, E, I, L, N, T, Z, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 66 accepted words for a total of 337 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 235 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.