Spelling Bee September 11, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
253
Pangrams
4
Genius score
177
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HOLLOWING
- HOLLOWING
- HOWLING
- HOWLING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
101 pts
40%
Amazing
126 pts
50%
Genius
177 pts
70%
Queen Bee
253 pts
100%
All accepted words
- giggling
- gigolo
- gill
- gilling
- glow
- glowing
- goggling
- googling
- googol
- hill
- hilling
- holing
- hollow
- hollowing
- hollowing
- howl
- howling
- howling
- igloo
- lingo
- lining
- lion
- logging
- login
- logo
- loin
- loll
- lolling
- long
- longing
- loon
- lowing
- niggling
- nonillion
- ogling
- oiling
- olio
- oolong
- whiling
- wiggling
- will
- willing
- willow
- wool
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 11, 2021 uses the seven letters G, H, I, L, N, O, W, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 253 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 177 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.