Spelling Bee December 16, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
277
Pangrams
2
Genius score
193
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TOPIARY
- TOPIARY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
69 pts
25%
Great
110 pts
40%
Amazing
138 pts
50%
Genius
193 pts
70%
Queen Bee
277 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airport
- apart
- apiary
- apparat
- atop
- pair
- papa
- papaya
- pappy
- papyri
- paratroop
- parity
- parrot
- parry
- part
- partita
- party
- patio
- patriot
- patty
- pipit
- pita
- pitapat
- pity
- poop
- poor
- poppa
- poppy
- port
- portrait
- portray
- potato
- potty
- prat
- pray
- prior
- priority
- priory
- prop
- pyro
- rapport
- rapt
- raptor
- rattrap
- ropy
- tapa
- tapir
- taproot
- tarp
- tippy
- tiptop
- topiary
- topiary
- torpor
- trap
- trip
- trippy
- troop
- typo
- yappy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 16, 2022 uses the seven letters A, I, O, P, R, T, Y, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 277 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 193 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.