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Spelling Bee September 30, 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: M

B
E
I
L
M
N
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

42

accepted entries

Total points

191

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

133

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BELITTLEMENT
  • BELITTLEMENT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

28 pts

15%

Nice

47 pts

25%

Great

76 pts

40%

Amazing

95 pts

50%

Genius

133 pts

70%

Queen Bee

191 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 3 words
  • belittlement
  • belittlement
  • bellmen
E 5 words
  • element
  • emblem
  • eminent
  • emit
  • entitlement
I 3 words
  • imbibe
  • imminent
  • item
L 6 words
  • limb
  • lime
  • limit
  • limn
  • linemen
  • liniment
M 19 words
  • meet
  • melee
  • melt
  • meme
  • mentee
  • mete
  • mettle
  • mien
  • mile
  • mill
  • millet
  • mime
  • mine
  • mini
  • minim
  • mint
  • mite
  • mitt
  • mitten
N 2 words
  • nimbi
  • nimble
T 4 words
  • teem
  • tenement
  • time
  • timeline

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 30, 2021 uses the seven letters B, E, I, L, M, N, T, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 191 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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