Spelling Bee October 2, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
25
Total points
165
Pangrams
4
Genius score
115
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FLINCHING
- FLINCHING
- FILCHING
- FILCHING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
82 pts
50%
Genius
115 pts
70%
Queen Bee
165 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chic
- chichi
- chili
- chill
- chilling
- chin
- chinning
- cinch
- cinching
- clinch
- clinching
- filch
- filching
- filching
- finch
- flinch
- flinching
- flinching
- high
- hill
- hilling
- hinging
- inch
- inching
- nigh
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 2, 2021 uses the seven letters C, F, G, H, I, L, N, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 25 accepted words for a total of 165 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 115 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.