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Spelling Bee Answers for July 3, 2021

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words67
Pangrams1
Points possible345
Center letterN
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published July 3, 2021·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

EX
PND
AI

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
28 pts
Good
52 pts
Solid
87 pts
Nice
138 pts
Great
173 pts
Amazing
242 pts
Genius
294 pts
Queen Bee
345 pts
Total words
67
Pangrams
1
Possible points
345

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 1 pangram
appendix +15 pts

The full word list

All 67 valid Spelling Bee solutions for July 3, 2021, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters15 words
deandinenaannadanananapeneapneedneneninepainpanepeenpendpine
5 letters16 words
annexapianapneadinedendedinaneindexindieinnienaiadnixedpaeanpandapanedpennepined
6 letters20 words
addendappenddeadendeependenieddependenneadexpandexpendindeednappedneedednippedpainedpaninipannedpendedpennedpinnedpippin
7 letters7 words
addendaadenineannexeddeadpanindexednanniedninepin
8 letters8 words
appendedappendixdeadeneddeepeneddependedexpandedexpendedpinniped
10 letters1 word
deadpanned

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

appendix +15deadpanned +10appended +8deadened +8deepened +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for July 3, 2021 has 67 valid words for a total of 345 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 294 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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