Spelling Bee September 21, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
46
Total points
187
Pangrams
2
Genius score
130
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PEAFOWL
- PEAFOWL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
93 pts
50%
Genius
130 pts
70%
Queen Bee
187 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alfalfa
- allele
- allow
- aloe
- aloof
- appall
- appeal
- appellee
- apple
- falafel
- fall
- falloff
- fallow
- fella
- flap
- flaw
- flea
- foal
- lapel
- leaf
- leap
- loaf
- loofa
- offal
- opal
- paella
- palapa
- pale
- pall
- palp
- papa
- papal
- papaw
- pawl
- pawpaw
- peafowl
- peafowl
- peal
- plea
- poppa
- waffle
- wale
- wall
- wallop
- wallow
- weal
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 21, 2021 uses the seven letters A, E, F, L, O, P, W, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 187 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 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.