Thursday · 34 words

Spelling Bee December 24, 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: E

C
E
H
N
T
U
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

33

accepted entries

Total points

145

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

101

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CHUTNEY
  • CHUTNEY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

21 pts

15%

Nice

36 pts

25%

Great

58 pts

40%

Amazing

72 pts

50%

Genius

101 pts

70%

Queen Bee

145 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 6 words
  • cent
  • chute
  • chutney
  • chutney
  • cute
  • cutey
E 4 words
  • entente
  • etch
  • eunuch
  • eyeteeth
H 1 word
  • hence
N 2 words
  • nene
  • netty
T 16 words
  • tech
  • techy
  • teen
  • teeny
  • teeth
  • teethe
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tenth
  • tetchy
  • thee
  • then
  • thence
  • they
  • tune
  • tutee
U 1 word
  • untune
Y 3 words
  • yecch
  • yech
  • yente

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 24, 2020 uses the seven letters C, E, H, N, T, U, Y, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 145 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 101 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.

← Previous No earlier puzzle
Spelling Bee december 24 2020 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough