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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

A
F
L
M
O
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

38

accepted entries

Total points

148

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

103

70% of total

Center letter

F

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FORMULA
  • FORMULA

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • afar
  • afoul
  • afro
  • alfalfa
  • aloof
  • armful
F 25 words
  • 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
L 2 words
  • loaf
  • loofa
M 1 word
  • muff
O 1 word
  • offal
R 3 words
  • 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.

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

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