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Spelling Bee December 23, 2021 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: U

A
C
I
N
Q
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

24

accepted entries

Total points

130

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

91

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ACQUAINT
  • ACQUAINT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

19 pts

15%

Nice

32 pts

25%

Great

52 pts

40%

Amazing

65 pts

50%

Genius

91 pts

70%

Queen Bee

130 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • acquaint
  • acquaint
  • acquit
  • aqua
  • aquanaut
  • aquatic
  • aquatint
  • aunt
C 1 word
  • cinquain
I 1 word
  • intuit
Q 6 words
  • quaint
  • quant
  • quanta
  • quint
  • quintain
  • quit
T 6 words
  • taunt
  • taut
  • tuna
  • tunic
  • tutti
  • tutu
U 2 words
  • uncut
  • unit

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 23, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, I, N, Q, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 24 accepted words for a total of 130 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 91 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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