Spelling Bee October 20, 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
59
Total points
270
Pangrams
4
Genius score
189
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- IDIOMATIC
- IDIOMATIC
- DIATOMIC
- DIATOMIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
135 pts
50%
Genius
189 pts
70%
Queen Bee
270 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acid
- acidic
- addict
- admit
- amid
- ammo
- atom
- atomic
- attic
- cacao
- cacti
- cami
- camo
- ciao
- cicada
- coact
- coat
- coati
- coca
- cocoa
- coda
- coma
- comma
- dammit
- data
- diatom
- diatomic
- diatomic
- dicta
- didact
- didactic
- doodad
- idiomatic
- idiomatic
- imam
- iota
- macadam
- macadamia
- madam
- maid
- maim
- mama
- mamma
- mica
- moat
- momma
- octad
- tacit
- taco
- tact
- tactic
- tatami
- tattoo
- toad
- toccata
- tomato
- tomcat
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 20, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, D, I, M, O, T, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 270 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 189 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.