Spelling Bee December 16, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
76
Total points
579
Pangrams
16
Genius score
405
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ALLEGIANCE
- CANCELLING
- INELEGANCE
- INELEGANCE
- ALLEGIANCE
- CANCELLING
- CANCELING
- CANCELING
- CLEANING
- ENLACING
- CLEANING
- ANGELICA
- ANGELICA
- ENLACING
- ANGELIC
- ANGELIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
11 pts
2%
Moving Up
28 pts
5%
Good
46 pts
8%
Solid
86 pts
15%
Nice
144 pts
25%
Great
231 pts
40%
Amazing
289 pts
50%
Genius
405 pts
70%
Queen Bee
579 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acing
- acne
- allegiance
- allegiance
- alliance
- angelic
- angelic
- angelica
- angelica
- cage
- caging
- call
- calla
- calling
- canal
- cancan
- cancel
- canceling
- canceling
- cancelling
- cancelling
- cane
- canine
- caning
- canna
- cannellini
- canning
- ceiling
- celiac
- cell
- celli
- cilia
- clan
- clang
- clanging
- clean
- cleaning
- cleaning
- cling
- clinging
- clinic
- clinical
- clinician
- elegance
- elegiac
- encage
- encaging
- enlace
- enlacing
- enlacing
- glace
- glacial
- glance
- glancing
- icicle
- icing
- iliac
- incline
- inclining
- inelegance
- inelegance
- lace
- lacing
- laic
- laical
- lance
- lancing
- lenience
- lice
- lilac
- negligence
- niacin
- nice
- niece
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 16, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, E, G, I, L, N, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 76 accepted words for a total of 579 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 405 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 16 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.