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Spelling Bee December 24, 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: O

B
F
I
K
L
O
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

34

accepted entries

Total points

102

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

71

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FLIPBOOK
  • FLIPBOOK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

15 pts

15%

Nice

25 pts

25%

Great

40 pts

40%

Amazing

51 pts

50%

Genius

71 pts

70%

Queen Bee

102 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 9 words
  • blob
  • bloop
  • boffo
  • boil
  • boll
  • bolo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • book
F 8 words
  • flipbook
  • flipbook
  • flipflop
  • flop
  • foil
  • folio
  • folk
  • fool
K 2 words
  • kilo
  • kook
L 7 words
  • lipo
  • lobo
  • loll
  • lollipop
  • lollop
  • look
  • loop
O 1 word
  • olio
P 7 words
  • plop
  • polio
  • poll
  • polo
  • poof
  • pool
  • poop

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 24, 2021 uses the seven letters B, F, I, K, L, O, P, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 102 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 71 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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