Spelling Bee December 15, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
176
Pangrams
2
Genius score
123
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LENGTHENED
- LENGTHENED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
44 pts
25%
Great
70 pts
40%
Amazing
88 pts
50%
Genius
123 pts
70%
Queen Bee
176 pts
100%
All accepted words
- dent
- dented
- detente
- ended
- entente
- gene
- gent
- genteel
- gentle
- gentled
- glen
- henge
- legend
- lend
- length
- lengthen
- lengthened
- lengthened
- lent
- need
- needed
- needle
- needled
- nene
- netted
- nettle
- nettled
- teen
- tend
- tended
- tenet
- tent
- tented
- tenth
- then
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 15, 2022 uses the seven letters D, E, G, H, L, N, T, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 176 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 123 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.