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Spelling Bee December 12, 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: O

A
I
M
N
O
T
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

49

accepted entries

Total points

294

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

205

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MINIMIZATION
  • MINIMIZATION
  • ATOMIZATION
  • ATOMIZATION

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

14 pts

5%

Good

23 pts

8%

Solid

44 pts

15%

Nice

73 pts

25%

Great

117 pts

40%

Amazing

147 pts

50%

Genius

205 pts

70%

Queen Bee

294 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 13 words
  • amazon
  • amino
  • ammo
  • ammonia
  • amnio
  • animation
  • anion
  • annotation
  • anoint
  • anon
  • atom
  • atomization
  • atomization
I 7 words
  • imitation
  • initiation
  • intimation
  • into
  • intonation
  • ionization
  • iota
M 14 words
  • mammon
  • matzo
  • minimization
  • minimization
  • minion
  • moan
  • moat
  • momma
  • mono
  • monomania
  • moon
  • moot
  • motion
  • motto
N 5 words
  • nation
  • nomination
  • noon
  • notation
  • notion
O 4 words
  • omit
  • onion
  • onto
  • ottoman
T 5 words
  • tattoo
  • tomato
  • tomtit
  • toon
  • toot
Z 1 word
  • zoom

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 12, 2024 uses the seven letters A, I, M, N, O, T, Z, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 294 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 205 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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