Spelling Bee December 15, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
125
Pangrams
2
Genius score
87
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PAYCHECK
- PAYCHECK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
31 pts
25%
Great
50 pts
40%
Amazing
62 pts
50%
Genius
87 pts
70%
Queen Bee
125 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- apace
- cache
- cake
- cakey
- cape
- cheap
- check
- cheek
- cheeky
- cheep
- each
- epee
- hake
- heap
- heck
- hype
- keep
- pace
- paycheck
- paycheck
- payee
- peace
- peach
- peachy
- peak
- peaky
- peck
- peek
- peep
- peke
- peppy
- yeah
- yecch
- yech
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 15, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, K, P, Y, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 125 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 87 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.