Spelling Bee October 14, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
62
Total points
370
Pangrams
4
Genius score
259
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXTENUATED
- EXTENUATED
- UNTAXED
- UNTAXED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
29 pts
8%
Solid
55 pts
15%
Nice
92 pts
25%
Great
148 pts
40%
Amazing
185 pts
50%
Genius
259 pts
70%
Queen Bee
370 pts
100%
All accepted words
- added
- addend
- addenda
- andante
- annex
- annexed
- ante
- anted
- antedate
- antedated
- antenna
- antennae
- attend
- attendant
- attended
- attendee
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attune
- attuned
- aunt
- axed
- data
- date
- dated
- daunt
- daunted
- dead
- deaden
- deadened
- dean
- eaten
- ennead
- extant
- extenuate
- extenuated
- extenuated
- naan
- nada
- nana
- natant
- neat
- neaten
- neatened
- tanned
- tatted
- taunt
- taunted
- taut
- tauten
- tautened
- taxa
- taxed
- teat
- tenant
- tuna
- unattended
- undated
- undead
- uneaten
- untaxed
- untaxed
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 14, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, E, N, T, U, X, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 370 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 259 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.