Spelling Bee October 8, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
67
Total points
285
Pangrams
2
Genius score
199
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FRICTION
- FRICTION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
42 pts
15%
Nice
71 pts
25%
Great
114 pts
40%
Amazing
142 pts
50%
Genius
199 pts
70%
Queen Bee
285 pts
100%
All accepted words
- citron
- cocci
- cocoon
- coffin
- coif
- coin
- coir
- concoct
- concoction
- confit
- confront
- conic
- contort
- contortion
- contrition
- coot
- corn
- cotton
- croc
- croci
- croon
- fiction
- finito
- foci
- font
- foot
- fort
- friction
- friction
- front
- icon
- iconic
- info
- into
- intro
- ionic
- iron
- ironic
- nitro
- noir
- nonfiction
- noon
- notion
- onion
- onto
- riot
- rococo
- roof
- root
- roti
- rotini
- rotor
- tonic
- toon
- toot
- tori
- toric
- torii
- torn
- toro
- tort
- tortoni
- tricorn
- tricot
- trio
- triton
- trot
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 8, 2021 uses the seven letters C, F, I, N, O, R, T, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 67 accepted words for a total of 285 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 199 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.