Spelling Bee February 9, 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: K
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
185
Pangrams
6
Genius score
129
Center letter
K
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- KITCHENETTE
- KITCHENETTE
- THICKEN
- KITCHEN
- THICKEN
- KITCHEN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
92 pts
50%
Genius
129 pts
70%
Queen Bee
185 pts
100%
All accepted words
- check
- cheek
- chick
- chicken
- heck
- hick
- hike
- hitchhike
- keen
- ketch
- kick
- kinetic
- kink
- kitchen
- kitchen
- kitchenette
- kitchenette
- kite
- kith
- kitten
- knee
- knit
- neck
- necktie
- nick
- thick
- thicken
- thicken
- thicket
- think
- tick
- ticket
- tiki
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, February 9, 2021 uses the seven letters C, E, H, I, K, N, T, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 185 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 129 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.