Spelling Bee February 28, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
24
Total points
116
Pangrams
2
Genius score
81
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MARIJUANA
- MARIJUANA
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
17 pts
15%
Nice
29 pts
25%
Great
46 pts
40%
Amazing
58 pts
50%
Genius
81 pts
70%
Queen Bee
116 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airman
- anima
- aria
- imam
- inurn
- jinn
- jinni
- maim
- main
- mania
- marijuana
- marijuana
- marina
- marinara
- mini
- minim
- minima
- minimum
- ninja
- rain
- rani
- ruin
- umami
- uranium
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, February 28, 2021 uses the seven letters A, I, J, M, N, R, U, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 24 accepted words for a total of 116 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 81 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.