Spelling Bee June 16, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
238
Pangrams
2
Genius score
166
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ACRIDITY
- ACRIDITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
59 pts
25%
Great
95 pts
40%
Amazing
119 pts
50%
Genius
166 pts
70%
Queen Bee
238 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acidity
- acridity
- acridity
- addict
- arctic
- aridity
- arty
- atria
- attar
- attic
- attract
- cacti
- carat
- cart
- cataract
- catty
- citric
- city
- critic
- dart
- data
- diacritic
- dicta
- didact
- didactic
- dirt
- dirty
- ditty
- drat
- itty
- raita
- rarity
- ratatat
- ratty
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tardy
- tarry
- tart
- tartar
- tatty
- tiara
- tidy
- tract
- trait
- tray
- triad
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, June 16, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, D, I, R, T, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 238 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 166 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.