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
Puzzle stats
Total words
45
Total points
188
Pangrams
2
Genius score
131
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MANDOLIN
- MANDOLIN
Rank thresholds
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
- adman
- admin
- almond
- amid
- damn
- dial
- diamond
- dildo
- dill
- dino
- dodo
- doll
- dolma
- domain
- dominion
- domino
- doodad
- doom
- idiom
- idol
- inlaid
- inland
- laid
- land
- load
- madam
- madman
- maid
- mainland
- mandala
- mandolin
- mandolin
- midi
- midland
- mild
- mind
- modal
- mold
- monad
- mondo
- mood
- 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.