Spelling Bee September 3, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
300
Pangrams
4
Genius score
210
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DEAFENING
- DEFANGING
- DEAFENING
- DEFANGING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
45 pts
15%
Nice
75 pts
25%
Great
120 pts
40%
Amazing
150 pts
50%
Genius
210 pts
70%
Queen Bee
300 pts
100%
All accepted words
- dandified
- deaf
- deafen
- deafened
- deafening
- deafening
- defang
- defanged
- defanging
- defanging
- defend
- defended
- defending
- defied
- define
- defined
- defining
- deified
- dignified
- edified
- fade
- faded
- fading
- fang
- fanged
- fanned
- fanning
- feed
- feeding
- feign
- feigned
- feigning
- fend
- fended
- fending
- fief
- fiend
- fife
- fifed
- fifing
- find
- finding
- fine
- fined
- fining
- finned
- gaff
- gaffe
- naif
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, September 3, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, E, F, G, I, N, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 300 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 210 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.