Spelling Bee October 23, 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
62
Total points
348
Pangrams
6
Genius score
243
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PINHEADED
- PINHEADED
- PINHEAD
- HEADPIN
- PINHEAD
- HEADPIN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
27 pts
8%
Solid
52 pts
15%
Nice
87 pts
25%
Great
139 pts
40%
Amazing
174 pts
50%
Genius
243 pts
70%
Queen Bee
348 pts
100%
All accepted words
- added
- addend
- addenda
- adenine
- ahead
- aide
- aided
- aped
- aphid
- apian
- apnea
- append
- appended
- daphne
- dapped
- dead
- deaden
- deadened
- deadhead
- deadheaded
- deadpan
- deadpanned
- dean
- ennead
- hand
- handed
- happen
- happened
- head
- headed
- headpin
- headpin
- heap
- heaped
- henna
- hennaed
- idea
- inane
- naan
- nada
- naiad
- nana
- nannied
- nape
- napped
- neap
- padded
- paean
- paid
- pain
- pained
- panda
- pane
- paned
- panini
- panned
- papa
- peahen
- pinhead
- pinhead
- pinheaded
- pinheaded
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 23, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, E, H, I, N, P, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 348 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 243 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.