Tuesday · 27 words

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

A
C
I
P
R
V
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

26

accepted entries

Total points

124

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

86

70% of total

Center letter

R

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PRIVACY
  • PRIVACY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • airy
  • apiary
  • aria
  • array
  • aviary
C 8 words
  • carp
  • carpi
  • carry
  • caviar
  • circa
  • cirri
  • crap
  • crappy
P 10 words
  • pair
  • papyri
  • parry
  • piracy
  • pray
  • priapic
  • pricy
  • privacy
  • privacy
  • privy
R 1 word
  • racy
V 2 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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