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
Puzzle stats
Total words
67
Total points
341
Pangrams
4
Genius score
238
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HOTLINE
- NEOLITH
- NEOLITH
- HOTLINE
Rank thresholds
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
- elite
- entitle
- eolith
- heinie
- hellion
- hill
- hilt
- hint
- hotline
- hotline
- hottie
- inlet
- innie
- intel
- intent
- intention
- into
- intone
- lenient
- lentil
- leonine
- lien
- lilt
- line
- linen
- lint
- lintel
- lion
- lite
- lithe
- litho
- little
- loin
- loonie
- lotion
- neolith
- neolith
- nine
- nineteen
- nineteenth
- ninetieth
- ninth
- nite
- nonillion
- nonillionth
- notion
- olio
- ollie
- onion
- online
- 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.