Spelling Bee December 8, 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: Y
Puzzle stats
Total words
47
Total points
256
Pangrams
2
Genius score
179
Center letter
Y
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LABORATORY
- LABORATORY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
64 pts
25%
Great
102 pts
40%
Amazing
128 pts
50%
Genius
179 pts
70%
Queen Bee
256 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ably
- allay
- alloy
- ally
- array
- arroyo
- arty
- attaboy
- baby
- ballboy
- batboy
- batty
- blabby
- blobby
- booby
- booty
- bratty
- bray
- laboratory
- laboratory
- lobby
- loblolly
- lorry
- loyal
- loyally
- loyalty
- oaty
- orally
- oratory
- rally
- rattly
- ratty
- rotary
- rotatory
- royal
- royally
- royalty
- tabby
- tallboy
- tally
- tarry
- tartly
- tatty
- totally
- tray
- troy
- tyro
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 8, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, L, O, R, T, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 256 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 179 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.