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Spelling Bee December 18, 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: B

B
G
I
N
O
R
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

46

accepted entries

Total points

275

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

192

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BORROWING
  • BORROWING
  • BROWNING
  • BROWNING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

22 pts

8%

Solid

41 pts

15%

Nice

68 pts

25%

Great

110 pts

40%

Amazing

137 pts

50%

Genius

192 pts

70%

Queen Bee

275 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 36 words
  • bigwig
  • binging
  • bingo
  • binning
  • bobbin
  • bobbing
  • bogging
  • boing
  • bonbon
  • bong
  • bongo
  • boning
  • bonobo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • booing
  • boon
  • boor
  • boring
  • born
  • boron
  • borrow
  • borrowing
  • borrowing
  • bowing
  • bowwow
  • bribing
  • brig
  • bring
  • bringing
  • brining
  • brio
  • brow
  • brown
  • browning
  • browning
G 2 words
  • gibbon
  • gibing
I 1 word
  • inborn
N 1 word
  • noob
R 6 words
  • ribbing
  • ribbon
  • ribboning
  • robbing
  • robin
  • robing

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 18, 2021 uses the seven letters B, G, I, N, O, R, W, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 275 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 192 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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