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Spelling Bee August 5, 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: Y

A
D
E
L
N
Y
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

34

accepted entries

Total points

163

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

114

70% of total

Center letter

Y

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ANALYZED
  • ANALYZED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

24 pts

15%

Nice

40 pts

25%

Great

65 pts

40%

Amazing

81 pts

50%

Genius

114 pts

70%

Queen Bee

163 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • allay
  • allayed
  • alley
  • ally
  • anally
  • analyze
  • analyzed
  • analyzed
D 12 words
  • daddy
  • dally
  • dandy
  • dazedly
  • deadeye
  • deadly
  • delay
  • delayed
  • deny
  • dyad
  • dyed
  • dyne
E 3 words
  • eddy
  • eely
  • eyed
L 5 words
  • lady
  • landlady
  • lazy
  • leadenly
  • leanly
N 2 words
  • nanny
  • needy
Y 3 words
  • yell
  • yelled
  • yenned
Z 1 word
  • zany

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 5, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, E, L, N, Y, Z, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 163 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 114 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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