Spelling Bee October 19, 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
56
Total points
258
Pangrams
4
Genius score
180
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FLUCTUATE
- EFFECTUAL
- EFFECTUAL
- FLUCTUATE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
64 pts
25%
Great
103 pts
40%
Amazing
129 pts
50%
Genius
180 pts
70%
Queen Bee
258 pts
100%
All accepted words
- affect
- alfalfa
- cafe
- calf
- clef
- cleft
- cuff
- efface
- effect
- effectual
- effectual
- effectuate
- effete
- face
- facet
- fact
- factual
- falafel
- fall
- fatal
- fate
- fateful
- faucet
- fault
- feat
- fecal
- feel
- feet
- fell
- fella
- fellate
- felt
- feta
- fetal
- fete
- fettle
- flat
- flauta
- flea
- flee
- fleece
- fleet
- fluctuate
- fluctuate
- flue
- fluff
- flute
- fuel
- full
- leaf
- leaflet
- left
- tactful
- taffeta
- tuffet
- tuft
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, October 19, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, E, F, L, T, U, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 258 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 180 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.