Spelling Bee September 29, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
224
Pangrams
2
Genius score
156
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PAVILION
- PAVILION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
89 pts
40%
Amazing
112 pts
50%
Genius
156 pts
70%
Queen Bee
224 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aioli
- anion
- anvil
- apian
- avail
- avian
- lain
- lanai
- lanolin
- lion
- lipo
- loin
- lollipop
- nail
- nonillion
- olio
- onion
- opinion
- pail
- pain
- panini
- papilla
- papillon
- pavilion
- pavilion
- piano
- pianola
- pill
- pillion
- pinion
- pippin
- plain
- polio
- poplin
- vain
- vanilla
- vanillin
- vial
- villa
- villain
- viol
- viola
- violin
- voila
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 29, 2021 uses the seven letters A, I, L, N, O, P, V, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 224 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 156 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.