Spelling Bee October 24, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
241
Pangrams
2
Genius score
168
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OFFICIALLY
- OFFICIALLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
60 pts
25%
Great
96 pts
40%
Amazing
120 pts
50%
Genius
168 pts
70%
Queen Bee
241 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acyclic
- cacao
- calcify
- calf
- calico
- call
- calla
- callaloo
- ciao
- cilia
- clay
- cliff
- cloaca
- cloy
- coal
- coca
- cocci
- cocoa
- coif
- coil
- cola
- colic
- cool
- coolly
- coyly
- cyclic
- cyclical
- cyclically
- facial
- facially
- fallacy
- focaccia
- focal
- foci
- folic
- icily
- iliac
- lacy
- laic
- laical
- lilac
- local
- locally
- loci
- loco
- official
- officially
- officially
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 24, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, F, I, L, O, Y, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 241 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 168 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.