Spelling Bee September 20, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
122
Pangrams
2
Genius score
85
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PAYCHECK
- PAYCHECK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
30 pts
25%
Great
48 pts
40%
Amazing
61 pts
50%
Genius
85 pts
70%
Queen Bee
122 pts
100%
All accepted words
- apace
- cape
- chap
- cheap
- cheep
- epee
- happy
- heap
- hype
- kappa
- keep
- pace
- pack
- papa
- papacy
- papaya
- pappy
- paycheck
- paycheck
- payee
- peace
- peach
- peachy
- peak
- peaky
- peck
- peek
- peep
- peke
- peppy
- yappy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, September 20, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, K, P, Y, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 122 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 85 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.