Spelling Bee July 20, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
26
Total points
124
Pangrams
2
Genius score
86
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PRIVACY
- PRIVACY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
31 pts
25%
Great
49 pts
40%
Amazing
62 pts
50%
Genius
86 pts
70%
Queen Bee
124 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airy
- apiary
- aria
- array
- aviary
- carp
- carpi
- carry
- caviar
- circa
- cirri
- crap
- crappy
- pair
- papyri
- parry
- piracy
- pray
- priapic
- pricy
- privacy
- privacy
- privy
- racy
- vary
- vicar
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, July 20, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, I, P, R, V, Y, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 26 accepted words for a total of 124 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 86 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.