Spelling Bee June 5, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
220
Pangrams
4
Genius score
154
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- POLEMIC
- POLEMIC
- COMPILE
- COMPILE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
55 pts
25%
Great
88 pts
40%
Amazing
110 pts
50%
Genius
154 pts
70%
Queen Bee
220 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cell
- celli
- cello
- clime
- clip
- clomp
- clop
- coil
- colic
- collie
- compel
- compile
- compile
- cool
- elope
- icicle
- impel
- lice
- lime
- limo
- limp
- lipo
- loci
- loco
- loll
- lollipop
- lollop
- loom
- loop
- lope
- melee
- mile
- mill
- moil
- mole
- moll
- oleic
- oleo
- olio
- ollie
- peel
- pellicle
- people
- piccolo
- pile
- pill
- pimple
- plie
- plop
- pole
- polemic
- polemic
- police
- polio
- poll
- polo
- pomelo
- pommel
- pool
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, June 5, 2021 uses the seven letters C, E, I, L, M, O, P, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 220 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 154 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.