Spelling Bee December 26, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
65
Total points
294
Pangrams
2
Genius score
205
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PHOTOGRAPH
- PHOTOGRAPH
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
23 pts
8%
Solid
44 pts
15%
Nice
73 pts
25%
Great
117 pts
40%
Amazing
147 pts
50%
Genius
205 pts
70%
Queen Bee
294 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aargh
- agar
- agora
- aorta
- apart
- aport
- apparat
- argot
- arhat
- attar
- gator
- gorp
- graph
- grappa
- groat
- grog
- grotto
- harp
- hart
- hoar
- hoorah
- hora
- horror
- orator
- paragraph
- paratha
- paratroop
- parrot
- part
- pharaoh
- photograph
- photograph
- poor
- port
- prat
- prop
- propagator
- raga
- ragtag
- ragtop
- rapport
- rapt
- raptor
- ratatat
- rattrap
- roar
- root
- rotator
- roto
- rotor
- taproot
- taro
- tarot
- tarp
- tart
- tartar
- throat
- torah
- toro
- torpor
- tort
- trap
- troop
- trot
- troth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 26, 2020 uses the seven letters A, G, H, O, P, R, T, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 65 accepted words for a total of 294 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 205 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.