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
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
163
Pangrams
2
Genius score
114
Center letter
Y
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANALYZED
- ANALYZED
Rank thresholds
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
- allay
- allayed
- alley
- ally
- anally
- analyze
- analyzed
- analyzed
- daddy
- dally
- dandy
- dazedly
- deadeye
- deadly
- delay
- delayed
- deny
- dyad
- dyed
- dyne
- eddy
- eely
- eyed
- lady
- landlady
- lazy
- leadenly
- leanly
- nanny
- needy
- yell
- yelled
- yenned
- 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.