Spelling Bee October 7, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
45
Total points
185
Pangrams
2
Genius score
129
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GUNPORT
- GUNPORT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
92 pts
50%
Genius
129 pts
70%
Queen Bee
185 pts
100%
All accepted words
- gorgon
- gorp
- grog
- grotto
- group
- grout
- grunt
- gunport
- gunport
- guru
- outpour
- outro
- outrun
- poor
- porn
- porno
- port
- pour
- prong
- pronoun
- pronto
- prop
- proton
- purport
- purr
- root
- rotgut
- rotor
- rout
- rung
- runout
- runt
- torn
- toro
- torpor
- tort
- tour
- troop
- trot
- trout
- turn
- turnout
- tutor
- uproot
- upturn
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 7, 2021 uses the seven letters G, N, O, P, R, T, U, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 45 accepted words for a total of 185 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 129 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.