Spelling Bee September 15, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
56
Total points
235
Pangrams
4
Genius score
164
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DOORNAIL
- DOORNAIL
- ORDINAL
- ORDINAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
58 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
117 pts
50%
Genius
164 pts
70%
Queen Bee
235 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aioli
- andiron
- android
- anion
- aria
- arid
- aril
- dial
- dildo
- dill
- dinar
- dino
- dirndl
- doornail
- doornail
- drain
- drill
- droid
- idol
- indoor
- inlaid
- inland
- inroad
- iron
- laid
- lain
- lair
- lanai
- lanolin
- liar
- lion
- lira
- loin
- nadir
- naiad
- nail
- noir
- nonillion
- olio
- onion
- ordain
- ordinal
- ordinal
- radial
- radian
- radii
- radio
- raid
- rail
- railroad
- rain
- rani
- rial
- rill
- rind
- roil
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 15, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, N, O, R, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 235 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 164 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.