Spelling Bee August 9, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
68
Total points
324
Pangrams
4
Genius score
226
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- AUTOCRACY
- AUTOCRACY
- CARRYOUT
- CARRYOUT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
48 pts
15%
Nice
81 pts
25%
Great
129 pts
40%
Amazing
162 pts
50%
Genius
226 pts
70%
Queen Bee
324 pts
100%
All accepted words
- actor
- actuary
- actuator
- aorta
- arty
- attar
- attract
- attractor
- auto
- autocracy
- autocracy
- autocrat
- carat
- carrot
- carryout
- carryout
- cart
- cataract
- catty
- coact
- coactor
- coat
- coot
- court
- curator
- curt
- cutout
- oaty
- orator
- oratory
- outcry
- outro
- ratatat
- ratty
- root
- rotary
- rotator
- rotatory
- rotor
- rout
- rutty
- taco
- tact
- taro
- tarot
- tarry
- tart
- tartar
- tattoo
- tatty
- taut
- toccata
- toot
- toro
- tort
- tour
- tout
- tract
- tractor
- tray
- trot
- trout
- troy
- tryout
- tutor
- tutu
- tyro
- yurt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, August 9, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, O, R, T, U, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 68 accepted words for a total of 324 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 226 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.