Spelling Bee October 31, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
205
Pangrams
2
Genius score
143
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ZIRCONIA
- ZIRCONIA
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
51 pts
25%
Great
82 pts
40%
Amazing
102 pts
50%
Genius
143 pts
70%
Queen Bee
205 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acorn
- anion
- anon
- arcana
- arnica
- cairn
- cancan
- canna
- cannon
- canon
- carrion
- cocoon
- coin
- conic
- corn
- corona
- crania
- croon
- czarina
- icon
- iconic
- ionic
- iron
- ironic
- naan
- nana
- narc
- narco
- niacin
- noir
- noon
- ocarina
- onion
- raccoon
- rain
- rancor
- rani
- ricin
- roan
- zinc
- zinnia
- zircon
- zirconia
- zirconia
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 31, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, I, N, O, R, Z, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 205 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 143 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.