Tuesday · 45 words

Spelling Bee December 10, 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: N

C
E
F
I
N
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

259

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

181

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INEFFECTIVE
  • INEFFECTIVE
  • INFECTIVE
  • INFECTIVE

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

181 pts

70%

Queen Bee

259 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 1 word
  • cent
E 6 words
  • efficient
  • entente
  • entice
  • even
  • event
  • evince
F 5 words
  • feint
  • fence
  • fifteen
  • fine
  • finite
I 17 words
  • incentive
  • incite
  • ineffective
  • ineffective
  • inefficient
  • infect
  • infective
  • infective
  • infinite
  • infinitive
  • innie
  • intent
  • invective
  • invent
  • inventive
  • invite
  • invitee
N 6 words
  • nene
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nite
T 6 words
  • teen
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tinct
  • tine
  • tint
V 3 words
  • vein
  • vent
  • vine

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 10, 2024 uses the seven letters C, E, F, I, N, T, V, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 259 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 181 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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