Spelling Bee December 7, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
192
Pangrams
2
Genius score
134
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HEADPIECE
- HEADPIECE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
48 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
96 pts
50%
Genius
134 pts
70%
Queen Bee
192 pts
100%
All accepted words
- apace
- aped
- aphid
- apiece
- cape
- caped
- capped
- chap
- chapped
- cheap
- cheapie
- cheep
- cheeped
- chip
- chipped
- dapped
- deep
- dipped
- epee
- epic
- headpiece
- headpiece
- heap
- heaped
- hippie
- ipecac
- pace
- paced
- padded
- paid
- papa
- peace
- peach
- peed
- peep
- peeped
- pepped
- pica
- piece
- pieced
- pied
- pipe
- piped
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 7, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, H, I, P, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 192 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 134 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.