Tuesday · 24 words

Spelling Bee August 31, 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: I

E
G
H
I
T
W
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

23

accepted entries

Total points

113

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

79

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • WEIGHTY
  • WEIGHTY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

16 pts

15%

Nice

28 pts

25%

Great

45 pts

40%

Amazing

56 pts

50%

Genius

79 pts

70%

Queen Bee

113 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 4 words
  • eight
  • eighth
  • eightieth
  • eighty
H 2 words
  • height
  • high
I 1 word
  • itty
T 5 words
  • thigh
  • tight
  • tithe
  • twig
  • twit
W 10 words
  • weigh
  • weight
  • weighty
  • weighty
  • whit
  • white
  • wiggy
  • wight
  • with
  • witty
Y 1 word
  • yeti

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, August 31, 2021 uses the seven letters E, G, H, I, T, W, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 23 accepted words for a total of 113 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 79 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 2 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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