Spelling Bee June 17, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
272
Pangrams
2
Genius score
190
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXCITING
- EXCITING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
68 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
136 pts
50%
Genius
190 pts
70%
Queen Bee
272 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cent
- citing
- egging
- engine
- entente
- entice
- enticing
- exciting
- exciting
- exigent
- exiting
- extent
- extinct
- gene
- genetic
- genie
- genii
- gent
- getting
- ginning
- icing
- ignite
- igniting
- incite
- inciting
- innie
- inning
- intent
- nene
- netting
- next
- nice
- niece
- nine
- nineteen
- nite
- nixing
- teeing
- teen
- tenet
- tent
- tenting
- texting
- tinct
- tine
- tinge
- tingeing
- tinging
- tint
- tinting
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, June 17, 2021 uses the seven letters C, E, G, I, N, T, X, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 272 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 190 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.