Spelling Bee June 1, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
41
Total points
208
Pangrams
4
Genius score
145
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COUNCILOR
- COUNCILOR
- UNICOLOR
- UNICOLOR
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
31 pts
15%
Nice
52 pts
25%
Great
83 pts
40%
Amazing
104 pts
50%
Genius
145 pts
70%
Queen Bee
208 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cirri
- clinic
- cocci
- coil
- coin
- coir
- colic
- colonic
- conic
- council
- councilor
- councilor
- croci
- curio
- icon
- iconic
- incur
- inurn
- ionic
- iron
- ironic
- lion
- loci
- loin
- noir
- nonillion
- oculi
- olio
- onion
- ricin
- rill
- roil
- ruin
- runic
- uncoil
- unicolor
- unicolor
- unicorn
- union
- unironic
- uric
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, June 1, 2021 uses the seven letters C, I, L, N, O, R, U, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 208 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 145 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.