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Spelling Bee February 18, 2021 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: D

A
D
G
I
N
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

26

accepted entries

Total points

149

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

104

70% of total

Center letter

D

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ADAPTING
  • ADAPTING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

22 pts

15%

Nice

37 pts

25%

Great

59 pts

40%

Amazing

74 pts

50%

Genius

104 pts

70%

Queen Bee

149 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • adapt
  • adapting
  • adapting
  • adding
  • aiding
D 11 words
  • dang
  • dapping
  • data
  • dating
  • digging
  • digit
  • ding
  • dinging
  • dining
  • dint
  • dipping
G 1 word
  • gadding
I 1 word
  • indignant
N 2 words
  • nada
  • naiad
P 5 words
  • padding
  • paid
  • panda
  • pandit
  • pidgin
T 1 word
  • tiding

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, February 18, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, G, I, N, P, T, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 26 accepted words for a total of 149 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 104 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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