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Spelling Bee December 17, 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: O

E
G
H
M
N
O
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

36

accepted entries

Total points

188

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

131

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HOMOGENY
  • HOMOGENY
  • HEGEMONY
  • HEGEMONY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

28 pts

15%

Nice

47 pts

25%

Great

75 pts

40%

Amazing

94 pts

50%

Genius

131 pts

70%

Queen Bee

188 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 1 word
  • eggnog
G 7 words
  • genome
  • gnome
  • gone
  • gong
  • gooey
  • goon
  • goony
H 13 words
  • hegemon
  • hegemony
  • hegemony
  • home
  • homey
  • homogeny
  • homogeny
  • homonym
  • homonymy
  • hone
  • honey
  • honeymoon
  • hooey
M 8 words
  • memo
  • mommy
  • money
  • moneymen
  • mono
  • mononym
  • moon
  • moony
N 3 words
  • neon
  • none
  • noon
O 2 words
  • ogee
  • omen
Y 2 words
  • yeomen
  • yoohoo

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 17, 2020 uses the seven letters E, G, H, M, N, O, Y, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 188 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 131 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.

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