Spelling Bee December 11, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
28
Total points
112
Pangrams
2
Genius score
78
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VOLATILITY
- VOLATILITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
16 pts
15%
Nice
28 pts
25%
Great
44 pts
40%
Amazing
56 pts
50%
Genius
78 pts
70%
Queen Bee
112 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aioli
- alit
- atilt
- avail
- illy
- iota
- itty
- laity
- lilt
- lily
- oily
- olio
- tail
- tali
- till
- tilt
- toil
- totality
- vial
- villa
- viol
- viola
- vital
- vitality
- vitally
- voila
- volatility
- volatility
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 11, 2020 uses the seven letters A, I, L, O, T, V, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 112 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 78 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.