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Spelling Bee December 10, 2022 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: Y

A
C
I
N
R
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

33

accepted entries

Total points

157

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

109

70% of total

Center letter

Y

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INTRICACY
  • INTRICACY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

23 pts

15%

Nice

39 pts

25%

Great

62 pts

40%

Amazing

78 pts

50%

Genius

109 pts

70%

Queen Bee

157 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • airy
  • array
  • arty
C 9 words
  • canary
  • canny
  • carny
  • carry
  • catty
  • city
  • cranny
  • cyan
  • cynic
I 4 words
  • inanity
  • intricacy
  • intricacy
  • itty
N 4 words
  • nanny
  • nary
  • natty
  • ninny
R 4 words
  • racy
  • rainy
  • rarity
  • ratty
T 8 words
  • tarry
  • tatty
  • tinny
  • tiny
  • tray
  • trinity
  • tyranny
  • tyrant
Y 1 word
  • yarn

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 10, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, I, N, R, T, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 157 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 109 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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