Spelling Bee October 27, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
276
Pangrams
2
Genius score
193
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- METALHEAD
- METALHEAD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
69 pts
25%
Great
110 pts
40%
Amazing
138 pts
50%
Genius
193 pts
70%
Queen Bee
276 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ahead
- ahem
- athlete
- deadhead
- deadheaded
- death
- halal
- hale
- hall
- halt
- halted
- hamate
- hamlet
- hammed
- hate
- hated
- hath
- hatha
- hatted
- head
- headed
- heal
- healed
- health
- heat
- heated
- heath
- heed
- heeded
- heel
- heeled
- held
- hell
- helm
- helmed
- helmet
- helmeted
- heme
- hemmed
- lath
- lathe
- lathed
- lethal
- mahatma
- math
- meathead
- metalhead
- metalhead
- meth
- teeth
- teethe
- teethed
- telehealth
- that
- thee
- them
- theme
- themed
- theta
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 27, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, E, H, L, M, T, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 276 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 193 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.