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
Puzzle stats
Total words
55
Total points
278
Pangrams
2
Genius score
194
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BELITTLEMENT
- BELITTLEMENT
Rank thresholds
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
- beeline
- been
- belittlement
- belittlement
- bellmen
- beltline
- bent
- bitten
- blin
- blini
- element
- eminent
- entente
- entitle
- entitlement
- imminent
- inlet
- innie
- intel
- intent
- lenient
- lent
- lentil
- lien
- limn
- line
- linemen
- linen
- liniment
- linnet
- lint
- lintel
- mentee
- mien
- mine
- mini
- minim
- mint
- mitten
- nene
- nettle
- nibble
- nimbi
- nimble
- nine
- nineteen
- nite
- 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.