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Spelling Bee November 21, 2021 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: N

C
G
I
N
O
U
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

35

accepted entries

Total points

223

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

156

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNCONVINCING
  • UNCONVINCING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

89 pts

40%

Amazing

111 pts

50%

Genius

156 pts

70%

Queen Bee

223 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 11 words
  • cocoon
  • cocooning
  • coin
  • coining
  • conic
  • conning
  • conniving
  • convincing
  • cooing
  • cuing
  • cunning
G 7 words
  • ginning
  • giving
  • going
  • gong
  • goon
  • gouging
  • gunning
I 6 words
  • icing
  • icon
  • iconic
  • inning
  • invoicing
  • ionic
N 3 words
  • noggin
  • noon
  • noun
O 2 words
  • ongoing
  • onion
U 4 words
  • unconvincing
  • unconvincing
  • ungiving
  • union
V 2 words
  • voguing
  • voicing

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, November 21, 2021 uses the seven letters C, G, I, N, O, U, V, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 223 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 156 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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