Spelling Bee December 6, 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: W
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
194
Pangrams
2
Genius score
135
Center letter
W
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WINDMILLED
- WINDMILLED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
48 pts
25%
Great
77 pts
40%
Amazing
97 pts
50%
Genius
135 pts
70%
Queen Bee
194 pts
100%
All accepted words
- dwell
- dwelled
- dwindle
- dwindled
- lewd
- mewed
- mewl
- mewled
- mildew
- mildewed
- newel
- wedded
- weed
- weeded
- weenie
- weld
- welded
- well
- welled
- wend
- wended
- wide
- widen
- widened
- wield
- wielded
- wienie
- wild
- wile
- will
- willed
- wind
- winded
- windmill
- windmilled
- windmilled
- wine
- wined
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 6, 2021 uses the seven letters D, E, I, L, M, N, W, with W as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 194 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 135 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.