Spelling Bee December 17, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
54
Total points
277
Pangrams
2
Genius score
193
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANARCHICAL
- ANARCHICAL
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
- acacia
- acai
- anarchic
- anarchical
- anarchical
- arcana
- arch
- archaic
- arnica
- cairn
- call
- calla
- canal
- cancan
- canna
- carnal
- chai
- chain
- chair
- challah
- char
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chili
- chill
- chin
- china
- chinchilla
- cilia
- cinch
- circa
- cirri
- clan
- clinch
- clinic
- clinical
- clinician
- crania
- cranial
- iliac
- inch
- laic
- laical
- larch
- lilac
- narc
- niacin
- racial
- railcar
- ranch
- rich
- ricin
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 17, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, H, I, L, N, R, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 54 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.