Spelling Bee October 6, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
160
Pangrams
2
Genius score
112
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WILDCAT
- WILDCAT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
40 pts
25%
Great
64 pts
40%
Amazing
80 pts
50%
Genius
112 pts
70%
Queen Bee
160 pts
100%
All accepted words
- addict
- alit
- atilt
- attic
- await
- cacti
- catcall
- cattail
- data
- dicta
- didact
- didactic
- illicit
- italic
- lactic
- licit
- lilt
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tactical
- tail
- talc
- tali
- tall
- tidal
- till
- tilt
- twilit
- twill
- twit
- wait
- watt
- wildcat
- wildcat
- wilt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 6, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, D, I, L, T, W, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 160 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 112 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.