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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

A
I
J
M
N
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

24

accepted entries

Total points

116

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

81

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MARIJUANA
  • MARIJUANA

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • airman
  • anima
  • aria
I 2 words
  • imam
  • inurn
J 2 words
  • jinn
  • jinni
M 11 words
  • maim
  • main
  • mania
  • marijuana
  • marijuana
  • marina
  • marinara
  • mini
  • minim
  • minima
  • minimum
N 1 word
  • ninja
R 3 words
  • rain
  • rani
  • ruin
U 2 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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