Spelling Bee December 28, 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: Y
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
238
Pangrams
4
Genius score
166
Center letter
Y
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TARRYING
- GYRATING
- GYRATING
- TARRYING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
59 pts
25%
Great
95 pts
40%
Amazing
119 pts
50%
Genius
166 pts
70%
Queen Bee
238 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airy
- angry
- array
- arraying
- arty
- gantry
- grainy
- granary
- granny
- gray
- graying
- gritty
- gyrating
- gyrating
- inanity
- itty
- naggy
- nanny
- nannying
- nary
- natty
- ninny
- rainy
- rangy
- rarity
- ratty
- raying
- tangy
- tarry
- tarrying
- tarrying
- tatty
- tinny
- tiny
- tray
- trinity
- trying
- tying
- tyranny
- tyrant
- yang
- yarn
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 28, 2021 uses the seven letters A, G, I, N, R, T, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 238 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 166 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.