Spelling Bee December 3, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
253
Pangrams
4
Genius score
177
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TROUBADOUR
- TROUBADOUR
- OUTBOARD
- OUTBOARD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
101 pts
40%
Amazing
126 pts
50%
Genius
177 pts
70%
Queen Bee
253 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- aboard
- abort
- about
- abroad
- abut
- adobo
- aorta
- arbor
- ardor
- attar
- aura
- aurora
- auto
- baba
- baobab
- barb
- bard
- baud
- boar
- board
- boat
- boba
- brad
- brat
- broad
- bubba
- burrata
- dart
- dartboard
- data
- daub
- doodad
- dotard
- drab
- drat
- orator
- outboard
- outboard
- radar
- ratatat
- road
- roar
- rotator
- tabard
- taboo
- tabor
- taro
- tarot
- tart
- tartar
- tattoo
- taut
- toad
- troubadour
- troubadour
- tuba
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 3, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, D, O, R, T, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 253 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 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.