Spelling Bee December 28, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
254
Pangrams
2
Genius score
177
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHALLENGE
- CHALLENGE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
101 pts
40%
Amazing
127 pts
50%
Genius
177 pts
70%
Queen Bee
254 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- acne
- algae
- allege
- allele
- angel
- angle
- anneal
- cache
- cage
- cancel
- cane
- cell
- challenge
- challenge
- chance
- chancel
- change
- channel
- clean
- clench
- each
- eagle
- elan
- elegance
- encage
- engage
- enhance
- enlace
- gage
- gaggle
- gale
- galena
- ganache
- gelee
- gene
- ghee
- glace
- glance
- glean
- glee
- glen
- haggle
- hale
- heal
- heel
- hell
- hence
- henge
- henna
- lace
- lance
- lane
- leach
- lean
- lech
- leech
- legal
- nene
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 28, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, E, G, H, L, N, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 254 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 177 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.