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Spelling Bee December 20, 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: M

A
C
H
I
M
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

33

accepted entries

Total points

156

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

109

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MATRIARCH
  • MATRIARCH

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

23 pts

15%

Nice

39 pts

25%

Great

62 pts

40%

Amazing

78 pts

50%

Genius

109 pts

70%

Queen Bee

156 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • armchair
C 3 words
  • cami
  • charm
  • cram
H 3 words
  • hamartia
  • haram
  • harm
I 1 word
  • imam
M 19 words
  • mahatma
  • mahimahi
  • maim
  • mama
  • mamma
  • maraca
  • march
  • mariachi
  • marm
  • mart
  • match
  • matcha
  • math
  • matriarch
  • matriarch
  • mica
  • mimic
  • mirth
  • mitt
T 6 words
  • tamari
  • tarmac
  • tatami
  • tram
  • tramcar
  • trim

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 20, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, H, I, M, R, T, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 156 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 109 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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