Wednesday · 37 words

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

A
C
D
I
L
T
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

36

accepted entries

Total points

160

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

112

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • WILDCAT
  • WILDCAT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • addict
  • alit
  • atilt
  • attic
  • await
C 3 words
  • cacti
  • catcall
  • cattail
D 4 words
  • data
  • dicta
  • didact
  • didactic
I 2 words
  • illicit
  • italic
L 3 words
  • lactic
  • licit
  • lilt
T 14 words
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactical
  • tail
  • talc
  • tali
  • tall
  • tidal
  • till
  • tilt
  • twilit
  • twill
  • twit
W 5 words
  • 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.

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

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