Spelling Bee October 11, 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
47
Total points
221
Pangrams
2
Genius score
154
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CALORIFIC
- CALORIFIC
Rank thresholds
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
88 pts
40%
Amazing
110 pts
50%
Genius
154 pts
70%
Queen Bee
221 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afar
- affair
- afro
- airfoil
- alfalfa
- aloof
- calf
- calorific
- calorific
- cliff
- coif
- colorific
- facial
- fail
- fair
- fall
- falloff
- farcical
- farro
- filial
- fill
- flail
- flair
- floor
- flora
- floral
- foal
- focaccia
- focal
- foci
- foil
- folic
- folio
- fool
- fora
- frail
- friar
- frill
- frolic
- loaf
- loofa
- offal
- official
- raffia
- riff
- riffraff
- roof
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, October 11, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, F, I, L, O, R, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 221 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 154 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.