Wednesday · 39 words

Spelling Bee February 21, 2024 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: I

F
G
H
I
L
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

38

accepted entries

Total points

152

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

106

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FLIGHTY
  • FLIGHTY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

22 pts

15%

Nice

38 pts

25%

Great

60 pts

40%

Amazing

76 pts

50%

Genius

106 pts

70%

Queen Bee

152 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
F 13 words
  • fifth
  • fifty
  • figgy
  • fight
  • fill
  • filly
  • filth
  • filthy
  • fitly
  • flight
  • flighty
  • flighty
  • flit
G 4 words
  • gift
  • giggly
  • gill
  • gilt
H 6 words
  • high
  • highlight
  • highly
  • hill
  • hilly
  • hilt
I 3 words
  • iffy
  • illy
  • itty
L 5 words
  • lift
  • light
  • lightly
  • lilt
  • lily
T 7 words
  • thigh
  • tiff
  • tight
  • tightly
  • till
  • tilt
  • tilth

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, February 21, 2024 uses the seven letters F, G, H, I, L, T, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 152 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 106 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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