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
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
258
Pangrams
4
Genius score
180
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNCARING
- ACCRUING
- UNCARING
- ACCRUING
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
103 pts
40%
Amazing
129 pts
50%
Genius
180 pts
70%
Queen Bee
258 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- accruing
- accruing
- acing
- arcana
- arcing
- arnica
- caging
- cairn
- cancan
- caning
- canna
- canning
- caring
- cigar
- circa
- cirri
- crag
- crania
- craning
- cringing
- cuing
- cunning
- curing
- gracing
- icing
- incur
- incurring
- narc
- niacin
- nuancing
- racing
- ricin
- ricing
- runic
- 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.