Spelling Bee July 8, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
227
Pangrams
2
Genius score
158
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CORDIAL
- CORDIAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
34 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
90 pts
40%
Amazing
113 pts
50%
Genius
158 pts
70%
Queen Bee
227 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accord
- acid
- acidic
- acrid
- arcadia
- ardor
- arid
- card
- cardiac
- cardio
- cardioid
- carload
- cicada
- clad
- clod
- coda
- codicil
- cold
- collard
- colloid
- cord
- cordial
- cordial
- corrida
- corridor
- dial
- dildo
- dill
- dodo
- doll
- dollar
- dolor
- doodad
- door
- drill
- droid
- droll
- drool
- idol
- laid
- lard
- load
- lord
- odor
- radar
- radial
- radical
- radii
- radio
- raid
- railroad
- road
- rood
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, July 8, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, D, I, L, O, R, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 227 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 158 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.