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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

A
C
E
H
L
N
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

214

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

149

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • NONCHALANCE
  • NONCHALANCE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • ache
  • achoo
  • alcohol
  • aloha
  • ancho
C 12 words
  • cache
  • challah
  • chance
  • chancel
  • channel
  • clench
  • cloche
  • coach
  • cochlea
  • cochleae
  • coho
  • conch
E 4 words
  • each
  • echelon
  • echo
  • enhance
H 15 words
  • halal
  • hale
  • hall
  • halo
  • heal
  • heel
  • hell
  • hellhole
  • hello
  • hence
  • henna
  • hole
  • honcho
  • hone
  • hooch
L 5 words
  • leach
  • lech
  • leech
  • loach
  • loch
N 3 words
  • 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.

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

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