Spelling Bee December 13, 2022 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
57
Total points
266
Pangrams
6
Genius score
186
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BLOCKABLE
- BLOCKABLE
- LOCKABLE
- COOKABLE
- COOKABLE
- LOCKABLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
66 pts
25%
Great
106 pts
40%
Amazing
133 pts
50%
Genius
186 pts
70%
Queen Bee
266 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allocable
- aloe
- ballcock
- baobab
- blob
- bloc
- block
- blockable
- blockable
- bloke
- boba
- bobble
- bocce
- bock
- bola
- boll
- bolo
- boob
- booboo
- book
- bookable
- cacao
- callaloo
- cellblock
- cello
- cloaca
- cloak
- clock
- coal
- cobble
- coca
- cock
- cockle
- cocoa
- coke
- cola
- cook
- cookable
- cookable
- cookbook
- cool
- kabob
- koala
- kola
- kook
- lobe
- lobo
- local
- locale
- lock
- lockable
- lockable
- loco
- loll
- look
- oboe
- oleo
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 13, 2022 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, K, L, O, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 266 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 186 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.