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Spelling Bee December 1, 2024 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: A

A
B
D
E
G
H
I

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

242

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

169

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BIGHEADED
  • BIGHEADED
  • BIGHEAD
  • BIGHEAD

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

36 pts

15%

Nice

60 pts

25%

Great

96 pts

40%

Amazing

121 pts

50%

Genius

169 pts

70%

Queen Bee

242 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 9 words
  • abed
  • abide
  • abided
  • adage
  • added
  • aged
  • ahead
  • aide
  • aided
B 20 words
  • baaed
  • baba
  • babe
  • babied
  • baddie
  • bade
  • badge
  • badged
  • baggage
  • bagged
  • baggie
  • bead
  • beaded
  • bedhead
  • behead
  • beheaded
  • bighead
  • bighead
  • bigheaded
  • bigheaded
D 4 words
  • dabbed
  • dead
  • deadhead
  • deadheaded
E 3 words
  • egad
  • egghead
  • eggheaded
G 5 words
  • gabbed
  • gadded
  • gaga
  • gage
  • gagged
H 2 words
  • head
  • headed
I 1 word
  • idea

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 1, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, D, E, G, H, I, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 242 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 169 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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