Spelling Bee December 18, 2020 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: Y
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
242
Pangrams
2
Genius score
169
Center letter
Y
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NOTABLY
- NOTABLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
60 pts
25%
Great
96 pts
40%
Amazing
121 pts
50%
Genius
169 pts
70%
Queen Bee
242 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ably
- allay
- alloy
- ally
- anally
- annoy
- atonally
- attaboy
- baby
- ballboy
- banally
- banyan
- batboy
- batty
- blabby
- blatantly
- blobby
- bonny
- bony
- booby
- booty
- botany
- lobby
- loblolly
- loony
- loyal
- loyally
- loyalty
- nanny
- natty
- nobly
- notably
- notably
- nylon
- oaty
- onlay
- only
- tabby
- tallboy
- tally
- tatty
- tonally
- tony
- totally
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 18, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, L, N, O, T, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 242 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 169 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.