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Spelling Bee December 27, 2020 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: B

B
E
G
I
K
N
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

22

accepted entries

Total points

139

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

97

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BEEKEEPING
  • BEEKEEPING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

20 pts

15%

Nice

34 pts

25%

Great

55 pts

40%

Amazing

69 pts

50%

Genius

97 pts

70%

Queen Bee

139 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 19 words
  • beekeeping
  • beekeeping
  • been
  • beep
  • beeping
  • begging
  • begin
  • beginning
  • beige
  • being
  • benign
  • biggie
  • bike
  • biking
  • bikini
  • binge
  • bingeing
  • binging
  • binning
E 1 word
  • ebbing
G 2 words
  • gibe
  • gibing

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 27, 2020 uses the seven letters B, E, G, I, K, N, P, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 22 accepted words for a total of 139 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 97 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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