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Spelling Bee November 26, 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: B

A
B
C
G
I
K
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

28

accepted entries

Total points

166

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

116

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BACKING
  • BACKING

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

24 pts

15%

Nice

41 pts

25%

Great

66 pts

40%

Amazing

83 pts

50%

Genius

116 pts

70%

Queen Bee

166 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • abaci
  • aback
B 19 words
  • baaing
  • baba
  • babka
  • back
  • backing
  • backing
  • bagging
  • baking
  • banana
  • banc
  • bang
  • banging
  • bank
  • banking
  • banning
  • biking
  • bikini
  • binging
  • binning
C 3 words
  • cabana
  • cabbing
  • cabin
G 2 words
  • gabbing
  • gibing
K 1 word
  • kickback
N 1 word
  • nabbing

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, November 26, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, C, G, I, K, N, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 166 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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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