Spelling Bee December 12, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
260
Pangrams
2
Genius score
182
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BROUGHT
- BROUGHT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
65 pts
25%
Great
104 pts
40%
Amazing
130 pts
50%
Genius
182 pts
70%
Queen Bee
260 pts
100%
All accepted words
- boho
- boob
- booboo
- boohoo
- boor
- boot
- booth
- borough
- both
- bough
- bought
- bourg
- bout
- broth
- brought
- brought
- burbot
- burgoo
- burro
- goth
- gout
- grog
- grotto
- grout
- hobo
- hoot
- horror
- hour
- ought
- outgo
- outro
- outthought
- robot
- root
- rotgut
- roto
- rotor
- rough
- rout
- thorough
- thou
- though
- thought
- throb
- through
- throughout
- toot
- tooth
- toro
- tort
- tough
- tour
- tout
- trot
- troth
- trough
- trout
- turbo
- turbot
- tutor
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 12, 2020 uses the seven letters B, G, H, O, R, T, U, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 260 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 182 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.