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
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
229
Pangrams
2
Genius score
160
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OFFTRACK
- OFFTRACK
Rank thresholds
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
- actor
- afoot
- aorta
- attack
- attar
- attract
- attractor
- carat
- carrot
- cart
- cataract
- coat
- coatrack
- cockatoo
- cofactor
- coot
- craft
- fact
- factor
- fart
- foot
- fort
- frat
- karat
- kart
- offtrack
- offtrack
- orator
- raft
- ratatat
- root
- rotator
- rotor
- rotorcraft
- 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.