Spelling Bee December 2, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
61
Total points
341
Pangrams
4
Genius score
238
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANTICLIMACTIC
- ANTICLIMACTIC
- CLAIMANT
- CLAIMANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
27 pts
8%
Solid
51 pts
15%
Nice
85 pts
25%
Great
136 pts
40%
Amazing
170 pts
50%
Genius
238 pts
70%
Queen Bee
341 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acclaim
- almanac
- anima
- animal
- anticlimactic
- anticlimactic
- caiman
- calm
- cami
- catmint
- claim
- claimant
- claimant
- clam
- clamant
- climactic
- climatic
- imam
- inimical
- lama
- lamina
- laminal
- lima
- liminal
- limit
- limn
- llama
- mailman
- maim
- main
- maintain
- malic
- mall
- malt
- mama
- mamma
- mammal
- mammalian
- mancala
- mania
- maniac
- maniacal
- manic
- manila
- manna
- manta
- mica
- militant
- militia
- militiaman
- mill
- mimic
- mini
- minicam
- minim
- minima
- minimal
- mint
- mitt
- tatami
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 2, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, I, L, M, N, T, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 341 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 238 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.