Spelling Bee December 10, 2020 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
203
Pangrams
2
Genius score
142
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UPHEAVAL
- UPHEAVAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
81 pts
40%
Amazing
101 pts
50%
Genius
142 pts
70%
Queen Bee
203 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aleph
- allele
- alpha
- appall
- appeal
- appellee
- apple
- eave
- halal
- hale
- hall
- halva
- halvah
- halve
- haul
- have
- heal
- heap
- heave
- helluva
- hula
- lapel
- lava
- lave
- leap
- leave
- luau
- paella
- pale
- pall
- palp
- papa
- papal
- pave
- peal
- plea
- pupa
- pupae
- pupal
- upheaval
- upheaval
- upheave
- uvea
- uveal
- uvula
- uvulae
- vale
- value
- valve
- vape
- veal
- vulva
- vulval
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 10, 2020 uses the seven letters A, E, H, L, P, U, V, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 203 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 142 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.