Spelling Bee December 16, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
51
Total points
247
Pangrams
2
Genius score
172
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PIVOTED
- PIVOTED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
61 pts
25%
Great
98 pts
40%
Amazing
123 pts
50%
Genius
172 pts
70%
Queen Bee
247 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deep
- depot
- dipped
- dope
- doped
- epee
- epode
- opioid
- opted
- peed
- peep
- peeped
- peeve
- peeved
- pepped
- peptide
- petit
- petite
- petted
- pied
- pipe
- piped
- pipet
- pipette
- pipit
- pitied
- pitted
- pivot
- pivoted
- pivoted
- poet
- poop
- pooped
- pope
- popped
- poppet
- potpie
- potted
- teepee
- tepee
- tepid
- tipi
- tipped
- tippet
- tiptoe
- tiptoed
- tiptop
- tope
- toped
- topped
- veep
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 16, 2024 uses the seven letters D, E, I, O, P, T, V, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 247 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 172 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.