Spelling Bee July 18, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
161
Pangrams
2
Genius score
112
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MALEFIC
- MALEFIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
40 pts
25%
Great
64 pts
40%
Amazing
80 pts
50%
Genius
112 pts
70%
Queen Bee
161 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aflame
- alfalfa
- cafe
- calf
- clef
- cliff
- efface
- face
- facial
- facile
- fail
- falafel
- fall
- fame
- familial
- fecal
- feel
- fell
- fella
- female
- femme
- fief
- fife
- file
- filial
- fill
- film
- flail
- flame
- flea
- flee
- fleece
- flimflam
- icefall
- leaf
- life
- mafia
- malefic
- malefic
- miff
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, July 18, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, E, F, I, L, M, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 161 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 112 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.