Spelling Bee October 9, 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: G
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
262
Pangrams
4
Genius score
183
Center letter
G
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PLANGENT
- PLANGENT
- EGGPLANT
- EGGPLANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
65 pts
25%
Great
104 pts
40%
Amazing
131 pts
50%
Genius
183 pts
70%
Queen Bee
262 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agape
- agate
- agent
- aglet
- alga
- algae
- algal
- allege
- angel
- angle
- eagle
- eaglet
- eggplant
- eggplant
- elegant
- engage
- entangle
- gaga
- gage
- gaggle
- gala
- galangal
- gale
- galena
- galette
- gall
- gallant
- gang
- gape
- gate
- gelee
- gelt
- gene
- gent
- genteel
- gentle
- glean
- glee
- glen
- gnat
- legal
- legate
- negate
- pagan
- page
- pageant
- pang
- plangent
- plangent
- tang
- tangent
- tangle
- teenage
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 9, 2021 uses the seven letters A, E, G, L, N, P, T, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 262 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 183 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.