Sunday · 45 words

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

A
C
I
N
O
R
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

205

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

143

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ZIRCONIA
  • ZIRCONIA

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • acorn
  • anion
  • anon
  • arcana
  • arnica
C 14 words
  • cairn
  • cancan
  • canna
  • cannon
  • canon
  • carrion
  • cocoon
  • coin
  • conic
  • corn
  • corona
  • crania
  • croon
  • czarina
I 5 words
  • icon
  • iconic
  • ionic
  • iron
  • ironic
N 7 words
  • naan
  • nana
  • narc
  • narco
  • niacin
  • noir
  • noon
O 2 words
  • ocarina
  • onion
R 6 words
  • raccoon
  • rain
  • rancor
  • rani
  • ricin
  • roan
Z 5 words
  • 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.

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

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