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Spelling Bee Answers for November 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.

Words30
Pangrams1
Points possible124
Center letterM
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published November 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.

CO
TMI
NL

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
10 pts
Good
19 pts
Solid
31 pts
Nice
50 pts
Great
62 pts
Amazing
87 pts
Genius
106 pts
Queen Bee
124 pts
Total words
30
Pangrams
1
Possible points
124

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
locomotion +17 pts

The full word list

All 30 valid Spelling Bee solutions for November 11, 2021, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters14 words
limnlimoloommillminimintmittmoilmollmoltmonomoonmootomit
5 letters5 words
comiclimitmimicminimmotto
6 letters6 words
commitcommonminionmotionnoncomtomtit
7 letters2 words
millionmoonlit
9 letters2 words
commotionmonotonic
10 letters1 word
locomotion

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.

locomotion +17commotion +9monotonic +9million +7moonlit +7

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for November 11, 2021 has 30 valid words for a total of 124 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 106 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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