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
Puzzle stats
Total words
51
Total points
297
Pangrams
4
Genius score
207
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DANCEHALL
- CHANNELED
- CHANNELED
- DANCEHALL
Rank thresholds
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
- ache
- ached
- ahead
- cache
- cached
- chad
- challah
- chance
- chanced
- chancel
- channel
- channeled
- channeled
- clench
- clenched
- dacha
- dancehall
- dancehall
- deadhead
- deadheaded
- each
- enhance
- enhanced
- halal
- hale
- hall
- hand
- handed
- handheld
- handle
- handled
- head
- headache
- headed
- headland
- heal
- healed
- heed
- heeded
- heel
- heeled
- held
- hell
- hence
- henna
- hennaed
- 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.