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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

A
C
F
I
L
O
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

50

accepted entries

Total points

241

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

168

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • OFFICIALLY
  • OFFICIALLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acyclic
C 27 words
  • 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
F 7 words
  • facial
  • facially
  • fallacy
  • focaccia
  • focal
  • foci
  • folic
I 2 words
  • icily
  • iliac
L 8 words
  • lacy
  • laic
  • laical
  • lilac
  • local
  • locally
  • loci
  • loco
O 3 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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