Spelling Bee July 22, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
64
Total points
297
Pangrams
2
Genius score
207
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- APPLICANT
- APPLICANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
23 pts
8%
Solid
44 pts
15%
Nice
74 pts
25%
Great
118 pts
40%
Amazing
148 pts
50%
Genius
207 pts
70%
Queen Bee
297 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alit
- alpaca
- anal
- annal
- appall
- applicant
- applicant
- atilt
- call
- calla
- canal
- capital
- catalpa
- catcall
- cattail
- cilia
- clan
- clap
- clinic
- clinical
- clinician
- clip
- iliac
- illicit
- initial
- italic
- lactic
- laic
- laical
- lain
- lanai
- lantana
- licit
- lilac
- lilt
- lint
- nail
- natal
- pail
- palapa
- palatal
- palatial
- pall
- palp
- papal
- papilla
- pill
- pintail
- plain
- plaint
- plait
- plan
- plant
- plantain
- plat
- pliant
- tactical
- tail
- talc
- tali
- tall
- tilapia
- till
- tilt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, July 22, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, I, L, N, P, T, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 64 accepted words for a total of 297 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 207 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.