Spelling Bee February 5, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
256
Pangrams
2
Genius score
179
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DOLEFULLY
- DOLEFULLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
64 pts
25%
Great
102 pts
40%
Amazing
128 pts
50%
Genius
179 pts
70%
Queen Bee
256 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deed
- deeded
- defy
- dell
- delude
- deluded
- doffed
- dole
- doled
- doleful
- dolefully
- dolefully
- dolled
- doodle
- doodled
- dude
- duded
- duel
- dueled
- duffel
- duffle
- dulled
- dyed
- eddy
- eely
- elude
- eluded
- eyed
- eyeful
- feed
- feel
- fell
- felled
- feud
- feuded
- fled
- flee
- floe
- flooded
- flue
- fluffed
- folded
- fooled
- fouled
- fuddle
- fuddled
- fuel
- fueled
- lede
- lode
- lolled
- lulled
- offed
- oleo
- yell
- yelled
- yodel
- yodeled
- yule
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, February 5, 2021 uses the seven letters D, E, F, L, O, U, Y, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 256 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 179 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.