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Spelling Bee March 21, 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

E
L
N
O
P
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

59

accepted entries

Total points

225

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

157

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • OPULENT
  • OPULENT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

33 pts

15%

Nice

56 pts

25%

Great

90 pts

40%

Amazing

112 pts

50%

Genius

157 pts

70%

Queen Bee

225 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 1 word
  • elope
L 18 words
  • lent
  • lento
  • letup
  • loll
  • lollop
  • lone
  • loon
  • loop
  • loot
  • lope
  • lotto
  • loupe
  • lout
  • lull
  • lulu
  • lune
  • lunette
  • lute
N 3 words
  • nettle
  • noel
  • null
O 5 words
  • oleo
  • opulent
  • opulent
  • outlet
  • outpoll
P 20 words
  • peel
  • pellet
  • peloton
  • pelt
  • penult
  • people
  • plop
  • plot
  • pole
  • poll
  • pollen
  • pollute
  • polo
  • pool
  • poult
  • pule
  • pull
  • pullet
  • pullout
  • pulp
T 11 words
  • tell
  • telnet
  • tentpole
  • toll
  • toluene
  • tool
  • tootle
  • topple
  • tulle
  • tunnel
  • tupelo
U 1 word
  • unlet

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, March 21, 2021 uses the seven letters E, L, N, O, P, T, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 225 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 157 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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