Spelling Bee December 19, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
177
Pangrams
2
Genius score
123
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BROUGHT
- BROUGHT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
44 pts
25%
Great
70 pts
40%
Amazing
88 pts
50%
Genius
123 pts
70%
Queen Bee
177 pts
100%
All accepted words
- boho
- boohoo
- booth
- borough
- both
- bough
- bought
- broth
- brought
- brought
- burgh
- goth
- hobo
- hoot
- horror
- hour
- hubbub
- hurt
- ought
- outthought
- rough
- thorough
- thou
- though
- thought
- throb
- through
- throughout
- thug
- tooth
- tough
- troth
- trough
- truth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 19, 2021 uses the seven letters B, G, H, O, R, T, U, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 177 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 123 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.