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Spelling Bee Answers for February 11, 2021

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

Words68
Pangrams5
Points possible392
Center letterI
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published February 11, 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.

NO
CIE
DF

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
32 pts
Good
59 pts
Solid
98 pts
Nice
157 pts
Great
196 pts
Amazing
275 pts
Genius
334 pts
Queen Bee
392 pts
Total words
68
Pangrams
5
Possible points
392

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 5 pangrams
confidence +17 ptsconfined +15 ptscoffined +15 ptsconfided +15 ptsconfide +14 pts

The full word list

All 68 valid Spelling Bee solutions for February 11, 2021, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters16 words
coifcoindicedieddinedinofieffifefindfinefociicediconinfonicenine
5 letters14 words
cocciconicdeicediceddineddiodefiendfifedfinedindieinnieionicnieceonion
6 letters16 words
coffincoifedcoineddecidedefieddefinedeiceddeniededdiededenicfinnedfoodieiconicindeediodineoffice
7 letters11 words
codeinecoiffedconfideconfinedecideddefineddeicidedeifiedecocideedificeedified
8 letters5 words
codifiedcoffinedcoincideconfidedconfined
9 letters3 words
coincidedincidenceinnocence
10 letters2 words
confidencediffidence
11 letters1 word
coincidence

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.

confidence +17coffined +15confided +15confined +15confide +14

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for February 11, 2021 has 68 valid words for a total of 392 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 334 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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