Spelling Bee December 5, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
45
Total points
241
Pangrams
4
Genius score
168
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MONOPHONIC
- HOMOPHONIC
- HOMOPHONIC
- MONOPHONIC
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
60 pts
25%
Great
96 pts
40%
Amazing
120 pts
50%
Genius
168 pts
70%
Queen Bee
241 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chino
- chomp
- chop
- cioppino
- cocci
- cocoon
- coho
- coin
- comic
- common
- comp
- conch
- conic
- coop
- hippo
- homophonic
- homophonic
- honcho
- hooch
- hoop
- icon
- iconic
- ionic
- minion
- mochi
- mono
- monophonic
- monophonic
- mooch
- moon
- nincompoop
- noncom
- noon
- onion
- oomph
- opinion
- phonic
- phono
- pinion
- pomp
- pompom
- poncho
- pooch
- pooh
- poop
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 5, 2020 uses the seven letters C, H, I, M, N, O, P, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 45 accepted words for a total of 241 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 168 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.