Spelling Bee December 23, 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
34
Total points
161
Pangrams
2
Genius score
112
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PHANTOM
- PHANTOM
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
40 pts
25%
Great
64 pts
40%
Amazing
80 pts
50%
Genius
112 pts
70%
Queen Bee
161 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ammo
- atom
- mahatma
- mama
- mamma
- mammon
- mammoth
- manhattan
- manna
- manta
- math
- moan
- moat
- momma
- mono
- month
- moon
- moot
- moth
- motto
- oompah
- oomph
- ottoman
- pampa
- panama
- phantom
- phantom
- photomap
- pomp
- pompano
- pompom
- tamp
- tampon
- tomato
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 23, 2020 uses the seven letters A, H, M, N, O, P, T, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 161 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 112 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.