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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

A
C
E
N
T
U
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

47

accepted entries

Total points

245

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

171

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • EXECUTANT
  • EXECUTANT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 12 words
  • accent
  • accentuate
  • acetate
  • acne
  • actuate
  • acute
  • annex
  • ante
  • antenna
  • antennae
  • attenuate
  • attune
C 5 words
  • cane
  • canteen
  • cent
  • cetacean
  • cute
E 13 words
  • eaten
  • enact
  • entente
  • exact
  • exacta
  • exec
  • executant
  • executant
  • execute
  • exeunt
  • extant
  • extent
  • extenuate
N 5 words
  • neat
  • neaten
  • nene
  • next
  • nuance
T 10 words
  • tacet
  • tauten
  • teat
  • teen
  • tenant
  • tenet
  • tent
  • text
  • tune
  • tutee
U 2 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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