Spelling Bee February 22, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
29
Total points
125
Pangrams
2
Genius score
87
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DORMITORY
- DORMITORY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
31 pts
25%
Great
50 pts
40%
Amazing
62 pts
50%
Genius
87 pts
70%
Queen Bee
125 pts
100%
All accepted words
- dirt
- dirty
- ditto
- ditty
- dodo
- doom
- doomy
- door
- dorm
- dormitory
- dormitory
- dory
- dotty
- droid
- idiom
- idiot
- midi
- mood
- moody
- oddity
- odor
- rood
- tidy
- timid
- timidity
- toddy
- toroid
- torrid
- trod
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, February 22, 2021 uses the seven letters D, I, M, O, R, T, Y, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 125 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 87 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.