Spelling Bee November 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
134
Pangrams
2
Genius score
93
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HANDILY
- HANDILY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
33 pts
25%
Great
53 pts
40%
Amazing
67 pts
50%
Genius
93 pts
70%
Queen Bee
134 pts
100%
All accepted words
- dahlia
- daily
- dandily
- daylily
- dial
- diddly
- dill
- dilly
- dillydally
- hail
- handily
- handily
- hill
- hilly
- hind
- hinny
- hiya
- idly
- idyl
- idyll
- illy
- inlaid
- inland
- inlay
- laid
- lain
- lanai
- lily
- naiad
- nail
- ninny
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, November 17, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, H, I, L, N, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 134 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 93 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.