Spelling Bee October 4, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
46
Total points
211
Pangrams
2
Genius score
147
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- IMMEDIACY
- IMMEDIACY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
31 pts
15%
Nice
52 pts
25%
Great
84 pts
40%
Amazing
105 pts
50%
Genius
147 pts
70%
Queen Bee
211 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- academia
- academic
- acai
- acid
- acidic
- acidy
- aide
- aided
- aimed
- amid
- caddie
- caddied
- cami
- cicada
- decide
- decided
- deice
- deiced
- deicide
- diadem
- dice
- diced
- dicey
- died
- dime
- dimmed
- eddied
- iced
- idea
- imam
- immediacy
- immediacy
- macadamia
- maid
- maim
- maimed
- media
- medic
- mica
- mice
- midday
- midi
- mime
- mimed
- mimic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, October 4, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, I, M, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 211 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 147 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.