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
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
156
Pangrams
2
Genius score
109
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MATRIARCH
- MATRIARCH
Rank thresholds
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
- armchair
- cami
- charm
- cram
- hamartia
- haram
- harm
- imam
- mahatma
- mahimahi
- maim
- mama
- mamma
- maraca
- march
- mariachi
- marm
- mart
- match
- matcha
- math
- matriarch
- matriarch
- mica
- mimic
- mirth
- mitt
- 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.