Spelling Bee September 19, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
28
Total points
161
Pangrams
2
Genius score
112
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNZIPPED
- UNZIPPED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
40 pts
25%
Great
64 pts
40%
Amazing
80 pts
50%
Genius
112 pts
70%
Queen Bee
161 pts
100%
All accepted words
- denude
- denuded
- dude
- duded
- dune
- dunned
- dupe
- duped
- endue
- endued
- ennui
- nude
- nudie
- pinup
- punned
- undid
- undue
- unneeded
- unpen
- unpenned
- unpin
- unpinned
- unzip
- unzipped
- unzipped
- upend
- upended
- upped
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 19, 2021 uses the seven letters D, E, I, N, P, U, Z, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 161 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 112 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.