Wednesday · 35 words

Spelling Bee July 28, 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: O

A
D
H
I
N
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

34

accepted entries

Total points

168

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

117

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • NATIONHOOD
  • NATIONHOOD

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

25 pts

15%

Nice

42 pts

25%

Great

67 pts

40%

Amazing

84 pts

50%

Genius

117 pts

70%

Queen Bee

168 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • addition
  • anion
  • annotation
  • anoint
  • anon
D 7 words
  • dhoti
  • dino
  • ditto
  • dodo
  • donation
  • doodad
  • doth
H 3 words
  • hood
  • hoodoo
  • hoot
I 5 words
  • idiot
  • initiation
  • into
  • intonation
  • iota
N 6 words
  • nation
  • nationhood
  • nationhood
  • noon
  • notation
  • notion
O 3 words
  • oath
  • onion
  • onto
T 5 words
  • tattoo
  • toad
  • toon
  • toot
  • tooth

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, July 28, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, H, I, N, O, T, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 168 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 117 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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