Spelling Bee December 15, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
148
Pangrams
2
Genius score
103
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FORMULA
- FORMULA
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
37 pts
25%
Great
59 pts
40%
Amazing
74 pts
50%
Genius
103 pts
70%
Queen Bee
148 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afar
- afoul
- afro
- alfalfa
- aloof
- armful
- fall
- falloff
- farm
- farro
- floor
- flora
- floral
- flour
- fluff
- foal
- foam
- fool
- fora
- form
- formal
- formula
- formula
- forum
- foul
- four
- from
- froufrou
- full
- furl
- furor
- loaf
- loofa
- muff
- offal
- roof
- roomful
- ruff
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 15, 2021 uses the seven letters A, F, L, M, O, R, U, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 148 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 103 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.