Spelling Bee December 19, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
168
Pangrams
2
Genius score
117
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HAWTHORN
- HAWTHORN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
42 pts
25%
Great
67 pts
40%
Amazing
84 pts
50%
Genius
117 pts
70%
Queen Bee
168 pts
100%
All accepted words
- arhat
- athwart
- harrow
- hart
- hath
- hatha
- hawthorn
- hawthorn
- hoar
- honor
- hoorah
- hoot
- hora
- horn
- horror
- nohow
- north
- oath
- than
- that
- thaw
- thorn
- throat
- throw
- thrown
- thwart
- tooth
- torah
- troth
- wahoo
- what
- whatnot
- whoa
- woohoo
- worth
- wrath
- wroth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 19, 2022 uses the seven letters A, H, N, O, R, T, W, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 168 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 117 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.