Spelling Bee September 5, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
125
Pangrams
2
Genius score
87
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BEATIFIC
- BEATIFIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
31 pts
25%
Great
50 pts
40%
Amazing
62 pts
50%
Genius
87 pts
70%
Queen Bee
125 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abate
- abet
- acetate
- acetic
- affect
- babe
- bate
- beat
- beatific
- beatific
- beef
- beet
- befit
- beta
- bite
- cabbie
- cafe
- cite
- efface
- effect
- effete
- face
- facet
- fate
- feat
- feet
- feta
- fete
- fief
- fife
- tacet
- taffeta
- teat
- tibiae
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 5, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, F, I, T, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 125 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 87 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.