Friday · 31 words

Spelling Bee November 12, 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: Y

A
J
L
M
O
R
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

30

accepted entries

Total points

168

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

117

70% of total

Center letter

Y

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MAJORLY
  • MAJORLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

25 pts

15%

Nice

42 pts

25%

Great

67 pts

40%

Amazing

84 pts

50%

Genius

117 pts

70%

Queen Bee

168 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 9 words
  • allay
  • alloy
  • ally
  • amorally
  • amyl
  • armory
  • army
  • array
  • arroyo
J 1 word
  • jolly
L 4 words
  • loamy
  • lorry
  • loyal
  • loyally
M 11 words
  • majorly
  • majorly
  • mammary
  • marry
  • mayo
  • mayor
  • mayoral
  • molly
  • mommy
  • morally
  • moray
O 1 word
  • orally
R 4 words
  • rally
  • roomy
  • royal
  • royally

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, November 12, 2021 uses the seven letters A, J, L, M, O, R, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 30 accepted words for a total of 168 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 117 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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