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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

A
C
N
O
P
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

226

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

158

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • OCCUPANT
  • OCCUPANT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • account
  • accountant
  • atop
  • aunt
  • auto
C 16 words
  • cannot
  • cant
  • cantata
  • canton
  • catnap
  • coat
  • coconut
  • concoct
  • contact
  • coopt
  • coot
  • copout
  • cotton
  • count
  • cutout
  • cutup
N 1 word
  • natant
O 5 words
  • occupant
  • occupant
  • octant
  • onto
  • output
P 8 words
  • pact
  • pant
  • pontoon
  • potato
  • pout
  • punt
  • putout
  • putt
T 14 words
  • taco
  • tact
  • tapa
  • tattoo
  • taunt
  • taut
  • toccata
  • toon
  • toot
  • topcoat
  • toucan
  • tout
  • tuna
  • tutu
U 3 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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