Spelling Bee October 12, 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
48
Total points
250
Pangrams
2
Genius score
175
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PITCHED
- PITCHED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
62 pts
25%
Great
100 pts
40%
Amazing
125 pts
50%
Genius
175 pts
70%
Queen Bee
250 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cede
- ceded
- cheep
- cheeped
- chic
- chichi
- chide
- chided
- chip
- chipped
- chit
- cite
- cited
- deceit
- decide
- decided
- deice
- deiced
- deicide
- depict
- depicted
- detect
- detected
- dice
- diced
- dietetic
- ditch
- ditched
- edict
- eidetic
- epic
- etch
- etched
- ethic
- hectic
- hitch
- hitched
- iced
- itch
- itched
- peptic
- piece
- pieced
- pitch
- pitched
- pitched
- tech
- techie
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, October 12, 2021 uses the seven letters C, D, E, H, I, P, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 250 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 175 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.