Thursday · 46 words

Spelling Bee December 14, 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: D

A
D
I
L
M
N
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

45

accepted entries

Total points

188

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

131

70% of total

Center letter

D

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MANDOLIN
  • MANDOLIN

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

28 pts

15%

Nice

47 pts

25%

Great

75 pts

40%

Amazing

94 pts

50%

Genius

131 pts

70%

Queen Bee

188 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • adman
  • admin
  • almond
  • amid
D 14 words
  • damn
  • dial
  • diamond
  • dildo
  • dill
  • dino
  • dodo
  • doll
  • dolma
  • domain
  • dominion
  • domino
  • doodad
  • doom
I 4 words
  • idiom
  • idol
  • inlaid
  • inland
L 3 words
  • laid
  • land
  • load
M 16 words
  • madam
  • madman
  • maid
  • mainland
  • mandala
  • mandolin
  • mandolin
  • midi
  • midland
  • mild
  • mind
  • modal
  • mold
  • monad
  • mondo
  • mood
N 4 words
  • nada
  • naiad
  • nodal
  • nomad

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 14, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, M, N, O, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 45 accepted words for a total of 188 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 131 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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