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Spelling Bee Answers for November 19, 2021

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

Words44
Pangrams1
Points possible189
Center letterR
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published November 19, 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.

FA
MRI
LY

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
16 pts
Good
29 pts
Solid
48 pts
Nice
76 pts
Great
95 pts
Amazing
133 pts
Genius
161 pts
Queen Bee
189 pts
Total words
44
Pangrams
1
Possible points
189

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
familiarly +17 pts

The full word list

All 44 valid Spelling Bee solutions for November 19, 2021, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters17 words
afarairyariaarilarmyfairfarmfirmfraylairliarliramarmrailrialriffrill
5 letters10 words
alarmarrayfairyflairfrailfriarfrillmarryrallyriyal
6 letters10 words
affairaffirmaffrayairilyfairlyfirmlyfriaryfrillyraffiaramify
7 letters3 words
airmailmalariamammary
8 letters3 words
familiarmalarialriffraff
10 letters1 word
familiarly

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.

familiarly +17familiar +8malarial +8riffraff +8airmail +7

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for November 19, 2021 has 44 valid words for a total of 189 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 161 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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