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Spelling Bee December 18, 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: T

A
C
F
K
O
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

229

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

160

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • OFFTRACK
  • OFFTRACK

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

34 pts

15%

Nice

57 pts

25%

Great

91 pts

40%

Amazing

114 pts

50%

Genius

160 pts

70%

Queen Bee

229 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • actor
  • afoot
  • aorta
  • attack
  • attar
  • attract
  • attractor
C 10 words
  • carat
  • carrot
  • cart
  • cataract
  • coat
  • coatrack
  • cockatoo
  • cofactor
  • coot
  • craft
F 6 words
  • fact
  • factor
  • fart
  • foot
  • fort
  • frat
K 2 words
  • karat
  • kart
O 3 words
  • offtrack
  • offtrack
  • orator
R 6 words
  • raft
  • ratatat
  • root
  • rotator
  • rotor
  • rotorcraft
T 18 words
  • tack
  • taco
  • tact
  • taro
  • tarot
  • tart
  • tartar
  • tattoo
  • toccata
  • tock
  • took
  • toot
  • toro
  • tort
  • track
  • tract
  • tractor
  • trot

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 18, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, F, K, O, R, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 229 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 160 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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