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
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
185
Pangrams
2
Genius score
129
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FRUITION
- FRUITION
Rank thresholds
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
- fount
- four
- froufrou
- fruit
- fruition
- fruition
- furor
- futon
- intuit
- intuition
- inurn
- nonunion
- noun
- nutrition
- outfit
- outro
- outrun
- rout
- ruff
- ruin
- runoff
- runout
- runt
- tofu
- tour
- tout
- trout
- tuft
- tuition
- turf
- turn
- turnoff
- turnout
- tutor
- tutti
- tutu
- 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.