Spelling Bee December 14, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
316
Pangrams
4
Genius score
221
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OFFENDING
- OFFENDING
- DEFOGGING
- DEFOGGING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
126 pts
40%
Amazing
158 pts
50%
Genius
221 pts
70%
Queen Bee
316 pts
100%
All accepted words
- defend
- defended
- defending
- defied
- define
- defined
- defining
- defog
- defogged
- defogging
- defogging
- deified
- dignified
- doff
- doffed
- doffing
- edified
- feed
- feeding
- feign
- feigned
- feigning
- fend
- fended
- fending
- fief
- fiend
- fife
- fifed
- fifing
- find
- finding
- fine
- fined
- fining
- finned
- fogged
- fogging
- fogie
- fond
- food
- foodie
- goof
- goofed
- goofing
- info
- offed
- offend
- offended
- offending
- offending
- offing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 14, 2022 uses the seven letters D, E, F, G, I, N, O, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 316 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 221 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.