Spelling Bee December 14, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
214
Pangrams
2
Genius score
149
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NONCHALANCE
- NONCHALANCE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
53 pts
25%
Great
85 pts
40%
Amazing
107 pts
50%
Genius
149 pts
70%
Queen Bee
214 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- achoo
- alcohol
- aloha
- ancho
- cache
- challah
- chance
- chancel
- channel
- clench
- cloche
- coach
- cochlea
- cochleae
- coho
- conch
- each
- echelon
- echo
- enhance
- halal
- hale
- hall
- halo
- heal
- heel
- hell
- hellhole
- hello
- hence
- henna
- hole
- honcho
- hone
- hooch
- leach
- lech
- leech
- loach
- loch
- nacho
- nonchalance
- nonchalance
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 14, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, L, N, O, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 214 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 149 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.