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Spelling Bee December 15, 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: U

F
I
N
O
R
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

40

accepted entries

Total points

185

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

129

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FRUITION
  • FRUITION

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

27 pts

15%

Nice

46 pts

25%

Great

74 pts

40%

Amazing

92 pts

50%

Genius

129 pts

70%

Queen Bee

185 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
F 8 words
  • fount
  • four
  • froufrou
  • fruit
  • fruition
  • fruition
  • furor
  • futon
I 3 words
  • intuit
  • intuition
  • inurn
N 3 words
  • nonunion
  • noun
  • nutrition
O 3 words
  • outfit
  • outro
  • outrun
R 6 words
  • rout
  • ruff
  • ruin
  • runoff
  • runout
  • runt
T 13 words
  • tofu
  • tour
  • tout
  • trout
  • tuft
  • tuition
  • turf
  • turn
  • turnoff
  • turnout
  • tutor
  • tutti
  • tutu
U 4 words
  • unfit
  • union
  • unit
  • unto

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 15, 2024 uses the seven letters F, I, N, O, R, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 185 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 129 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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