Spelling Bee December 4, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
187
Pangrams
2
Genius score
130
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ITEMIZING
- ITEMIZING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
93 pts
50%
Genius
130 pts
70%
Queen Bee
187 pts
100%
All accepted words
- eminent
- emit
- emitting
- gimme
- imminent
- item
- itemize
- itemizing
- itemizing
- meet
- meeting
- meme
- meming
- mentee
- mete
- meting
- meze
- mezze
- mien
- mime
- miming
- mine
- mini
- minim
- minimize
- minimizing
- mining
- mint
- minting
- mite
- mitt
- mitten
- mizzen
- teem
- teeming
- tenement
- time
- timing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 4, 2021 uses the seven letters E, G, I, M, N, T, Z, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 187 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 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.