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Spelling Bee February 16, 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: N

B
E
I
L
M
N
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

55

accepted entries

Total points

278

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

194

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BELITTLEMENT
  • BELITTLEMENT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

22 pts

8%

Solid

41 pts

15%

Nice

69 pts

25%

Great

111 pts

40%

Amazing

139 pts

50%

Genius

194 pts

70%

Queen Bee

278 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 10 words
  • beeline
  • been
  • belittlement
  • belittlement
  • bellmen
  • beltline
  • bent
  • bitten
  • blin
  • blini
E 5 words
  • element
  • eminent
  • entente
  • entitle
  • entitlement
I 5 words
  • imminent
  • inlet
  • innie
  • intel
  • intent
L 12 words
  • lenient
  • lent
  • lentil
  • lien
  • limn
  • line
  • linemen
  • linen
  • liniment
  • linnet
  • lint
  • lintel
M 7 words
  • mentee
  • mien
  • mine
  • mini
  • minim
  • mint
  • mitten
N 8 words
  • nene
  • nettle
  • nibble
  • nimbi
  • nimble
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nite
T 8 words
  • teen
  • telnet
  • tenement
  • tenet
  • tent
  • timeline
  • tine
  • tint

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, February 16, 2021 uses the seven letters B, E, I, L, M, N, T, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 278 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 194 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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