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
Puzzle stats
Total words
46
Total points
275
Pangrams
4
Genius score
192
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BORROWING
- BORROWING
- BROWNING
- BROWNING
Rank thresholds
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
- 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
- gibbon
- gibing
- inborn
- noob
- 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.