Wednesday · 39 words

Spelling Bee December 16, 2020 answers

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

AW Verified by AppWalkthrough · Published Dec 16, 2020

Today's letter set · Center: Y

A
D
E
H
L
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

38

accepted entries

Total points

215

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

150

70% of total

Center letter

Y

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HEATEDLY
  • HEATEDLY
  • DEATHLY
  • DEATHLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

17 pts

8%

Solid

32 pts

15%

Nice

53 pts

25%

Great

86 pts

40%

Amazing

107 pts

50%

Genius

150 pts

70%

Queen Bee

215 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • aldehyde
  • allay
  • allayed
  • alley
  • ally
D 10 words
  • daddy
  • dally
  • deadeye
  • deadly
  • deathly
  • deathly
  • delay
  • delayed
  • dyad
  • dyed
E 7 words
  • eddy
  • eely
  • elatedly
  • ethyl
  • eyed
  • eyelet
  • eyeteeth
H 5 words
  • heady
  • healthy
  • heatedly
  • heatedly
  • heyday
L 4 words
  • lady
  • lately
  • layette
  • lethally
T 4 words
  • tally
  • tatty
  • teddy
  • they
Y 3 words
  • yeah
  • yell
  • yelled

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 16, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, E, H, L, T, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 215 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 150 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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.

← Previous No earlier puzzle
Spelling Bee december 16 2020 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough