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
Puzzle stats
Total words
23
Total points
113
Pangrams
2
Genius score
79
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WEIGHTY
- WEIGHTY
Rank thresholds
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
- eight
- eighth
- eightieth
- eighty
- height
- high
- itty
- thigh
- tight
- tithe
- twig
- twit
- weigh
- weight
- weighty
- weighty
- whit
- white
- wiggy
- wight
- with
- witty
- 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.