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Spelling Bee December 13, 2020 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: H

A
C
H
L
N
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

35

accepted entries

Total points

161

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

112

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNLATCH
  • UNLATCH

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

24 pts

15%

Nice

40 pts

25%

Great

64 pts

40%

Amazing

80 pts

50%

Genius

112 pts

70%

Queen Bee

161 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • attach
C 6 words
  • catch
  • catchall
  • challah
  • chant
  • chat
  • clutch
H 14 words
  • halal
  • hall
  • halt
  • hatch
  • hath
  • hatha
  • haul
  • haunch
  • haunt
  • hula
  • hull
  • hunch
  • hunt
  • hutch
L 4 words
  • latch
  • lath
  • launch
  • lunch
N 2 words
  • natch
  • nuthatch
T 4 words
  • tach
  • than
  • that
  • thatch
U 4 words
  • unclutch
  • unhat
  • unlatch
  • unlatch

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 13, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, H, L, N, T, U, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 161 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 112 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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