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Spelling Bee September 18, 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: H

A
C
D
E
H
L
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

51

accepted entries

Total points

297

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

207

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DANCEHALL
  • CHANNELED
  • CHANNELED
  • DANCEHALL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

14 pts

5%

Good

23 pts

8%

Solid

44 pts

15%

Nice

74 pts

25%

Great

118 pts

40%

Amazing

148 pts

50%

Genius

207 pts

70%

Queen Bee

297 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • ache
  • ached
  • ahead
C 12 words
  • cache
  • cached
  • chad
  • challah
  • chance
  • chanced
  • chancel
  • channel
  • channeled
  • channeled
  • clench
  • clenched
D 5 words
  • dacha
  • dancehall
  • dancehall
  • deadhead
  • deadheaded
E 3 words
  • each
  • enhance
  • enhanced
H 23 words
  • halal
  • hale
  • hall
  • hand
  • handed
  • handheld
  • handle
  • handled
  • head
  • headache
  • headed
  • headland
  • heal
  • healed
  • heed
  • heeded
  • heel
  • heeled
  • held
  • hell
  • hence
  • henna
  • hennaed
L 5 words
  • leach
  • leached
  • lech
  • leech
  • leeched

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 18, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, H, L, N, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 297 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 207 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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