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Spelling Bee October 18, 2021 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: I

B
G
I
N
O
U
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

28

accepted entries

Total points

189

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

132

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNBOXING
  • UNBOXING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

28 pts

15%

Nice

47 pts

25%

Great

75 pts

40%

Amazing

94 pts

50%

Genius

132 pts

70%

Queen Bee

189 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 12 words
  • binging
  • bingo
  • binning
  • bobbin
  • bobbing
  • bogging
  • boing
  • boning
  • booing
  • boxing
  • bugging
  • bunion
G 6 words
  • gibbon
  • gibing
  • ginning
  • going
  • gouging
  • gunning
I 2 words
  • inbox
  • inning
N 3 words
  • nixing
  • noggin
  • nubbin
O 2 words
  • ongoing
  • onion
U 3 words
  • unboxing
  • unboxing
  • union

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, October 18, 2021 uses the seven letters B, G, I, N, O, U, X, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 189 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 132 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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