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Spelling Bee December 1, 2022 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: C

A
C
G
I
N
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

40

accepted entries

Total points

258

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

180

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNCARING
  • ACCRUING
  • UNCARING
  • ACCRUING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

103 pts

40%

Amazing

129 pts

50%

Genius

180 pts

70%

Queen Bee

258 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • accruing
  • accruing
  • acing
  • arcana
  • arcing
  • arnica
C 17 words
  • caging
  • cairn
  • cancan
  • caning
  • canna
  • canning
  • caring
  • cigar
  • circa
  • cirri
  • crag
  • crania
  • craning
  • cringing
  • cuing
  • cunning
  • curing
G 1 word
  • gracing
I 3 words
  • icing
  • incur
  • incurring
N 3 words
  • narc
  • niacin
  • nuancing
R 4 words
  • racing
  • ricin
  • ricing
  • runic
U 4 words
  • uncaging
  • uncaring
  • uncaring
  • uric

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 1, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, G, I, N, R, U, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 258 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 180 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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