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Spelling Bee December 8, 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: H

A
D
G
H
I
L
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

23

accepted entries

Total points

144

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

100

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HANDLING
  • HIGHLAND
  • HANDLING
  • HIGHLAND

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

21 pts

15%

Nice

36 pts

25%

Great

57 pts

40%

Amazing

72 pts

50%

Genius

100 pts

70%

Queen Bee

144 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 1 word
  • dahlia
H 20 words
  • haggling
  • hail
  • hailing
  • halal
  • hall
  • hand
  • handing
  • handling
  • handling
  • hang
  • hanging
  • hangnail
  • hiding
  • high
  • highland
  • highland
  • hill
  • hilling
  • hind
  • hinging
I 1 word
  • inhaling
N 1 word
  • nigh

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 8, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, G, H, I, L, N, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 23 accepted words for a total of 144 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 100 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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