Spelling Bee August 8, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
68
Total points
313
Pangrams
2
Genius score
219
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INFLECT
- INFLECT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
46 pts
15%
Nice
78 pts
25%
Great
125 pts
40%
Amazing
156 pts
50%
Genius
219 pts
70%
Queen Bee
313 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cell
- celli
- clef
- cleft
- client
- clientele
- cliff
- clinic
- eclectic
- elect
- electee
- elfin
- elicit
- elite
- entitle
- feel
- feline
- fell
- felt
- fennel
- fettle
- file
- filet
- fill
- fillet
- flee
- fleece
- fleet
- flint
- flit
- icicle
- illicit
- incline
- infill
- inflect
- inflect
- inflict
- inlet
- intel
- intellect
- left
- leftie
- lenience
- lenient
- lent
- lentil
- lice
- licit
- lien
- life
- lifeline
- lift
- lilt
- line
- linen
- linnet
- lint
- lintel
- lite
- little
- nettle
- tell
- telnet
- tile
- till
- tilt
- title
- tittle
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 8, 2021 uses the seven letters C, E, F, I, L, N, T, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 68 accepted words for a total of 313 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 219 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.