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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

B
G
H
O
R
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

60

accepted entries

Total points

260

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

182

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BROUGHT
  • BROUGHT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
B 19 words
  • boho
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boohoo
  • boor
  • boot
  • booth
  • borough
  • both
  • bough
  • bought
  • bourg
  • bout
  • broth
  • brought
  • brought
  • burbot
  • burgoo
  • burro
G 5 words
  • goth
  • gout
  • grog
  • grotto
  • grout
H 4 words
  • hobo
  • hoot
  • horror
  • hour
O 4 words
  • ought
  • outgo
  • outro
  • outthought
R 7 words
  • robot
  • root
  • rotgut
  • roto
  • rotor
  • rough
  • rout
T 21 words
  • 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.

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

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