Spelling Bee October 21, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
225
Pangrams
2
Genius score
157
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VALIDITY
- VALIDITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
90 pts
40%
Amazing
112 pts
50%
Genius
157 pts
70%
Queen Bee
225 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alit
- atilt
- avail
- avid
- avidity
- avidly
- daily
- daylily
- daylit
- dial
- diddly
- dill
- dilly
- dillydally
- ditty
- diva
- divvy
- idly
- idyl
- idyll
- illy
- itty
- laid
- laity
- lilt
- lily
- livid
- lividity
- lividly
- tail
- tali
- tidal
- tidally
- tidily
- tidy
- till
- tilt
- valid
- validity
- validity
- validly
- vial
- villa
- vital
- vitality
- vitally
- vivid
- vividity
- vividly
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 21, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, T, V, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 225 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 157 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.