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Spelling Bee October 26, 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: U

A
C
I
N
R
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

27

accepted entries

Total points

139

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

97

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • TACITURN
  • TACITURN
  • CURTAIN
  • CURTAIN

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

20 pts

15%

Nice

34 pts

25%

Great

55 pts

40%

Amazing

69 pts

50%

Genius

97 pts

70%

Queen Bee

139 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • aunt
  • aura
C 5 words
  • circuit
  • currant
  • curt
  • curtain
  • curtain
I 3 words
  • incur
  • intuit
  • inurn
R 3 words
  • ruin
  • runic
  • runt
T 10 words
  • taciturn
  • taciturn
  • taunt
  • taut
  • truant
  • tuna
  • tunic
  • turn
  • tutti
  • tutu
U 4 words
  • uncut
  • unit
  • unitarian
  • uric

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, October 26, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, I, N, R, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 139 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 97 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.

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

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