Spelling Bee December 18, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
226
Pangrams
2
Genius score
158
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OCCUPANT
- OCCUPANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
90 pts
40%
Amazing
113 pts
50%
Genius
158 pts
70%
Queen Bee
226 pts
100%
All accepted words
- account
- accountant
- atop
- aunt
- auto
- cannot
- cant
- cantata
- canton
- catnap
- coat
- coconut
- concoct
- contact
- coopt
- coot
- copout
- cotton
- count
- cutout
- cutup
- natant
- occupant
- occupant
- octant
- onto
- output
- pact
- pant
- pontoon
- potato
- pout
- punt
- putout
- putt
- taco
- tact
- tapa
- tattoo
- taunt
- taut
- toccata
- toon
- toot
- topcoat
- toucan
- tout
- tuna
- tutu
- unapt
- uncut
- unto
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 18, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, N, O, P, T, U, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 226 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 158 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.