Spelling Bee November 5, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
29
Total points
163
Pangrams
2
Genius score
114
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXCAVATED
- EXCAVATED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
40 pts
25%
Great
65 pts
40%
Amazing
81 pts
50%
Genius
114 pts
70%
Queen Bee
163 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accede
- acceded
- aced
- acetate
- acted
- cadet
- cava
- cave
- caveat
- caved
- cede
- ceded
- dace
- decade
- detect
- detected
- exact
- exacta
- exacted
- excavate
- excavated
- excavated
- exceed
- exceeded
- exec
- tacet
- tact
- vacate
- vacated
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, November 5, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, T, V, X, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 163 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 114 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.