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Spelling Bee December 2, 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: N

A
H
M
N
O
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

26

accepted entries

Total points

119

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

83

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PHANTOM
  • PHANTOM

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

17 pts

15%

Nice

29 pts

25%

Great

47 pts

40%

Amazing

59 pts

50%

Genius

83 pts

70%

Queen Bee

119 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • anon
M 8 words
  • mammon
  • manhattan
  • manna
  • manta
  • moan
  • mono
  • month
  • moon
N 4 words
  • naan
  • nana
  • natant
  • noon
O 2 words
  • onto
  • ottoman
P 8 words
  • panama
  • pant
  • phantom
  • phantom
  • phono
  • photon
  • pompano
  • pontoon
T 3 words
  • tampon
  • than
  • toon

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 2, 2021 uses the seven letters A, H, M, N, O, P, T, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 26 accepted words for a total of 119 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 83 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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