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Spelling Bee December 31, 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: I

E
H
I
L
N
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

67

accepted entries

Total points

341

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

238

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HOTLINE
  • NEOLITH
  • NEOLITH
  • HOTLINE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

17 pts

5%

Good

27 pts

8%

Solid

51 pts

15%

Nice

85 pts

25%

Great

136 pts

40%

Amazing

170 pts

50%

Genius

238 pts

70%

Queen Bee

341 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 3 words
  • elite
  • entitle
  • eolith
H 8 words
  • heinie
  • hellion
  • hill
  • hilt
  • hint
  • hotline
  • hotline
  • hottie
I 7 words
  • inlet
  • innie
  • intel
  • intent
  • intention
  • into
  • intone
L 17 words
  • lenient
  • lentil
  • leonine
  • lien
  • lilt
  • line
  • linen
  • lint
  • lintel
  • lion
  • lite
  • lithe
  • litho
  • little
  • loin
  • loonie
  • lotion
N 11 words
  • neolith
  • neolith
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nineteenth
  • ninetieth
  • ninth
  • nite
  • nonillion
  • nonillionth
  • notion
O 4 words
  • olio
  • ollie
  • onion
  • online
T 17 words
  • thin
  • thine
  • tile
  • till
  • tilt
  • tilth
  • tine
  • tint
  • tithe
  • title
  • tittle
  • toil
  • toile
  • toilet
  • toilette
  • tontine
  • toonie

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 31, 2020 uses the seven letters E, H, I, L, N, O, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 67 accepted words for a total of 341 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 238 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.

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

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