Spelling Bee December 22, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
112
Pangrams
2
Genius score
78
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MOONWALK
- MOONWALK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
16 pts
15%
Nice
28 pts
25%
Great
44 pts
40%
Amazing
56 pts
50%
Genius
78 pts
70%
Queen Bee
112 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allow
- ammo
- amok
- anon
- knoll
- know
- known
- koala
- koan
- kola
- kook
- llano
- loam
- loan
- loll
- look
- loom
- loon
- mako
- mallow
- mammon
- moan
- moll
- momma
- monk
- mono
- moola
- moon
- moonwalk
- moonwalk
- mown
- nook
- noon
- wallow
- woman
- wonk
- wool
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 22, 2020 uses the seven letters A, K, L, M, N, O, W, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 112 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 78 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.