Spelling Bee December 16, 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: G
Puzzle stats
Total words
47
Total points
312
Pangrams
4
Genius score
218
Center letter
G
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CLENCHING
- CLENCHING
- LEECHING
- LEECHING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
46 pts
15%
Nice
78 pts
25%
Great
124 pts
40%
Amazing
156 pts
50%
Genius
218 pts
70%
Queen Bee
312 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ceiling
- chilling
- chinning
- cinching
- clenching
- clenching
- clinching
- cling
- clinging
- egging
- engine
- gelee
- gelling
- gene
- genie
- genii
- ghee
- gigging
- giggle
- giggling
- gill
- gilling
- ginning
- glee
- glen
- heeling
- henge
- high
- hilling
- hinge
- hinging
- icing
- inching
- inclining
- inning
- leeching
- leeching
- legging
- liege
- lining
- negligee
- negligence
- neigh
- neighing
- niggle
- niggling
- nigh
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 16, 2023 uses the seven letters C, E, G, H, I, L, N, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 312 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 218 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.