Spelling Bee December 29, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
128
Pangrams
2
Genius score
89
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TRACKPAD
- TRACKPAD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
19 pts
15%
Nice
32 pts
25%
Great
51 pts
40%
Amazing
64 pts
50%
Genius
89 pts
70%
Queen Bee
128 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adapt
- apart
- apparat
- attack
- attar
- attract
- carat
- cart
- cataract
- dart
- data
- drat
- karat
- kart
- pact
- part
- prat
- rapt
- ratatat
- rattrap
- tack
- tact
- tapa
- tarp
- tart
- tartar
- track
- trackpad
- trackpad
- tract
- trap
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 29, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, D, K, P, R, T, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 128 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 89 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.