Spelling Bee June 9, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
28
Total points
160
Pangrams
2
Genius score
112
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EFFACING
- EFFACING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
40 pts
25%
Great
64 pts
40%
Amazing
80 pts
50%
Genius
112 pts
70%
Queen Bee
160 pts
100%
All accepted words
- affiance
- affiancing
- cafe
- caffeine
- efface
- effacing
- effacing
- face
- facing
- fanfic
- fang
- fanning
- feign
- feigning
- fence
- fencing
- fiance
- fiancee
- fief
- fife
- fifing
- finance
- financing
- fine
- fining
- gaff
- gaffe
- naif
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, June 9, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, E, F, G, I, N, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 160 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 112 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.