Spelling Bee December 29, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
123
Pangrams
2
Genius score
86
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MAILBOX
- MAILBOX
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
30 pts
25%
Great
49 pts
40%
Amazing
61 pts
50%
Genius
86 pts
70%
Queen Bee
123 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abloom
- aboil
- aioli
- ammo
- axiom
- bamboo
- baobab
- blob
- bloom
- boba
- boil
- bola
- boll
- bollix
- bolo
- bomb
- boob
- booboo
- boom
- boombox
- limbo
- limo
- loam
- lobo
- loll
- loom
- mailbox
- mailbox
- mambo
- moil
- moll
- momma
- moola
- olio
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 29, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, I, L, M, O, X, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 123 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 86 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.