Spelling Bee July 16, 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
34
Total points
166
Pangrams
2
Genius score
116
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LENGTHENED
- LENGTHENED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
83 pts
50%
Genius
116 pts
70%
Queen Bee
166 pts
100%
All accepted words
- delete
- deleted
- dell
- delt
- geld
- gelded
- gelee
- gelled
- gelt
- genteel
- gentle
- gentled
- glee
- glen
- heel
- heeled
- held
- hell
- lede
- ledge
- legend
- legged
- lend
- length
- lengthen
- lengthened
- lengthened
- lent
- needle
- needled
- nettle
- nettled
- tell
- telnet
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, July 16, 2021 uses the seven letters D, E, G, H, L, N, T, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 166 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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.