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Spelling Bee December 10, 2021 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: B

A
B
G
L
N
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

47

accepted entries

Total points

195

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

136

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LONGBOAT
  • LONGBOAT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

29 pts

15%

Nice

48 pts

25%

Great

78 pts

40%

Amazing

97 pts

50%

Genius

136 pts

70%

Queen Bee

195 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • abbot
B 34 words
  • baba
  • baboon
  • ball
  • balloon
  • ballot
  • banal
  • banana
  • bang
  • baobab
  • baton
  • blab
  • blat
  • blatant
  • bloat
  • blob
  • blog
  • blot
  • blotto
  • boat
  • boba
  • bola
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bologna
  • bolt
  • bonbon
  • bong
  • bongo
  • bonobo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boogaloo
  • boon
  • boot
G 2 words
  • glob
  • global
L 3 words
  • lobo
  • longboat
  • longboat
N 3 words
  • nabob
  • nanobot
  • noob
O 1 word
  • oblong
T 3 words
  • tabla
  • taboo
  • toboggan

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 10, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, G, L, N, O, T, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 195 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 136 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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