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Spelling Bee December 9, 2021 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: C

C
D
E
H
L
N
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

34

accepted entries

Total points

211

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

147

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNCLENCHED
  • UNCLENCHED
  • LUNCHED
  • LUNCHED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

31 pts

15%

Nice

52 pts

25%

Great

84 pts

40%

Amazing

105 pts

50%

Genius

147 pts

70%

Queen Bee

211 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 14 words
  • cede
  • ceded
  • cell
  • celled
  • cellule
  • clench
  • clenched
  • clue
  • clued
  • cuddle
  • cuddled
  • cued
  • cull
  • culled
D 4 words
  • deduce
  • deduced
  • deuce
  • dunce
E 3 words
  • educe
  • educed
  • eunuch
H 3 words
  • hence
  • hunch
  • hunched
L 6 words
  • lech
  • leech
  • leeched
  • lunch
  • lunched
  • lunched
U 4 words
  • uncle
  • unclench
  • unclenched
  • unclenched

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 9, 2021 uses the seven letters C, D, E, H, L, N, U, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 211 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 147 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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