Spelling Bee November 23, 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
36
Total points
161
Pangrams
2
Genius score
112
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FIXATED
- FIXATED
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
161 pts
100%
All accepted words
- affix
- affixed
- daft
- deaf
- defat
- defatted
- defeat
- defeated
- defied
- deft
- deified
- edified
- effete
- fade
- faded
- fate
- fated
- faxed
- feat
- feed
- feet
- feta
- fete
- feted
- fetid
- fiat
- fief
- fife
- fifed
- fitted
- fixate
- fixated
- fixated
- fixed
- taffeta
- tiff
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, November 23, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, E, F, I, T, X, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 161 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.