Spelling Bee December 12, 2023 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
276
Pangrams
2
Genius score
193
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ENVIABLE
- ENVIABLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
69 pts
25%
Great
110 pts
40%
Amazing
138 pts
50%
Genius
193 pts
70%
Queen Bee
276 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alien
- alienable
- anal
- annal
- anneal
- anvil
- avian
- baleen
- banal
- banana
- bane
- bean
- beanball
- beanie
- beeline
- been
- biennia
- biennial
- blin
- blini
- elan
- eleven
- enable
- enliven
- enviable
- enviable
- even
- inalienable
- inane
- innie
- lain
- lanai
- lane
- lean
- leaven
- lien
- line
- lineal
- linen
- liven
- naan
- nail
- naive
- nana
- naval
- nave
- navel
- nene
- nibble
- nine
- vain
- vane
- vanilla
- vanillin
- vein
- venal
- venial
- villain
- villanelle
- vine
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 12, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, E, I, L, N, V, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 276 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 193 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.