Spelling Bee February 21, 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
46
Total points
158
Pangrams
2
Genius score
110
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MAILBOX
- MAILBOX
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
23 pts
15%
Nice
39 pts
25%
Great
63 pts
40%
Amazing
79 pts
50%
Genius
110 pts
70%
Queen Bee
158 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abloom
- aboil
- aioli
- alibi
- axial
- axilla
- bail
- ball
- balm
- biaxial
- bilabial
- bill
- blab
- blam
- blob
- bloom
- boil
- bola
- boll
- bollix
- bolo
- labia
- labial
- lama
- lamb
- lima
- limb
- limbo
- limo
- llama
- loam
- lobo
- loll
- loom
- mailbox
- mailbox
- mall
- mammal
- maxilla
- maximal
- mill
- moil
- moll
- moola
- olio
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, February 21, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, I, L, M, O, X, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 158 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 110 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.