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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

A
G
H
O
P
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

65

accepted entries

Total points

294

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

205

70% of total

Center letter

R

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

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  • PHOTOGRAPH

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 10 words
  • aargh
  • agar
  • agora
  • aorta
  • apart
  • aport
  • apparat
  • argot
  • arhat
  • attar
G 7 words
  • gator
  • gorp
  • graph
  • grappa
  • groat
  • grog
  • grotto
H 6 words
  • harp
  • hart
  • hoar
  • hoorah
  • hora
  • horror
O 1 word
  • orator
P 13 words
  • paragraph
  • paratha
  • paratroop
  • parrot
  • part
  • pharaoh
  • photograph
  • photograph
  • poor
  • port
  • prat
  • prop
  • propagator
R 13 words
  • raga
  • ragtag
  • ragtop
  • rapport
  • rapt
  • raptor
  • ratatat
  • rattrap
  • roar
  • root
  • rotator
  • roto
  • rotor
T 15 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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