Spelling Bee October 17, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
58
Total points
340
Pangrams
4
Genius score
237
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INDUCTED
- INDUCTEE
- INDUCTEE
- INDUCTED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
27 pts
8%
Solid
51 pts
15%
Nice
85 pts
25%
Great
136 pts
40%
Amazing
170 pts
50%
Genius
238 pts
70%
Queen Bee
340 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cued
- cute
- cutie
- deduce
- deduced
- deduct
- deducted
- denude
- denuded
- deuce
- duct
- ducted
- dude
- duded
- duet
- duetted
- dunce
- dune
- dunned
- educe
- educed
- endue
- endued
- ennui
- etude
- induce
- induced
- induct
- inducted
- inducted
- inductee
- inductee
- intuit
- intuited
- nude
- nudie
- tune
- tuned
- tunic
- tutee
- tutted
- tutti
- tutu
- uncut
- undecided
- undetected
- undid
- undue
- unedited
- unintended
- unit
- unite
- united
- unneeded
- untie
- untied
- untune
- untuned
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 17, 2021 uses the seven letters C, D, E, I, N, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 58 accepted words for a total of 340 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 237 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.