Spelling Bee August 30, 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
341
Pangrams
4
Genius score
238
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANNIHILATION
- ANNIHILATION
- INHALATION
- INHALATION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
27 pts
8%
Solid
51 pts
15%
Nice
85 pts
25%
Great
136 pts
40%
Amazing
170 pts
50%
Genius
238 pts
70%
Queen Bee
341 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aioli
- alit
- allot
- aloha
- alto
- anal
- anion
- annal
- annihilation
- annihilation
- annotation
- anoint
- anon
- anthill
- anti
- atilt
- atoll
- atonal
- attain
- attaint
- hail
- halal
- hall
- halo
- halt
- hath
- hatha
- inhalant
- inhalation
- inhalation
- initial
- initiation
- intonation
- iota
- lain
- lanai
- lanolin
- lantana
- lath
- llano
- loan
- loath
- naan
- nail
- nana
- natal
- natant
- nation
- national
- notation
- notional
- oath
- tahini
- tail
- taint
- tali
- tall
- talon
- tannin
- tattoo
- than
- that
- titan
- titillation
- tonal
- total
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, August 30, 2021 uses the seven letters A, H, I, L, N, O, T, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 66 accepted words for a total of 341 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 238 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.