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Spelling Bee December 11, 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: U

A
E
F
H
L
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

29

accepted entries

Total points

136

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

95

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HEALTHFUL
  • HEALTHFUL
  • HATEFUL
  • HATEFUL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

20 pts

15%

Nice

34 pts

25%

Great

54 pts

40%

Amazing

68 pts

50%

Genius

95 pts

70%

Queen Bee

136 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
F 8 words
  • fateful
  • fault
  • flauta
  • flue
  • fluff
  • flute
  • fuel
  • full
H 9 words
  • hateful
  • hateful
  • haul
  • haute
  • healthful
  • healthful
  • huff
  • hula
  • hull
L 5 words
  • luau
  • lull
  • lulu
  • lute
  • luteal
T 6 words
  • taut
  • tuffet
  • tuft
  • tulle
  • tutee
  • tutu
U 1 word
  • ululate

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 11, 2021 uses the seven letters A, E, F, H, L, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 136 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 95 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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