Spelling Bee December 30, 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
47
Total points
245
Pangrams
2
Genius score
171
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXECUTANT
- EXECUTANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
61 pts
25%
Great
98 pts
40%
Amazing
122 pts
50%
Genius
171 pts
70%
Queen Bee
245 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accent
- accentuate
- acetate
- acne
- actuate
- acute
- annex
- ante
- antenna
- antennae
- attenuate
- attune
- cane
- canteen
- cent
- cetacean
- cute
- eaten
- enact
- entente
- exact
- exacta
- exec
- executant
- executant
- execute
- exeunt
- extant
- extent
- extenuate
- neat
- neaten
- nene
- next
- nuance
- tacet
- tauten
- teat
- teen
- tenant
- tenet
- tent
- text
- tune
- tutee
- uneaten
- untune
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 30, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, E, N, T, U, X, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 245 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 171 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.