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
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
294
Pangrams
4
Genius score
205
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MINIMIZATION
- MINIMIZATION
- ATOMIZATION
- ATOMIZATION
Rank thresholds
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
- amazon
- amino
- ammo
- ammonia
- amnio
- animation
- anion
- annotation
- anoint
- anon
- atom
- atomization
- atomization
- imitation
- initiation
- intimation
- into
- intonation
- ionization
- iota
- mammon
- matzo
- minimization
- minimization
- minion
- moan
- moat
- momma
- mono
- monomania
- moon
- moot
- motion
- motto
- nation
- nomination
- noon
- notation
- notion
- omit
- onion
- onto
- ottoman
- tattoo
- tomato
- tomtit
- toon
- toot
- 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.