Spelling Bee October 5, 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: K
Puzzle stats
Total words
32
Total points
118
Pangrams
2
Genius score
82
Center letter
K
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COCKTAIL
- COCKTAIL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
17 pts
15%
Nice
29 pts
25%
Great
47 pts
40%
Amazing
59 pts
50%
Genius
82 pts
70%
Queen Bee
118 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alack
- alkali
- attack
- clack
- click
- cloak
- clock
- cock
- cockatoo
- cocktail
- cocktail
- cook
- kick
- kill
- kilo
- kilt
- koala
- kola
- kook
- lack
- lick
- lock
- look
- tack
- talk
- tick
- ticktock
- tiki
- tikka
- tock
- took
- toolkit
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, October 5, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, I, K, L, O, T, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 118 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 82 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.