Spelling Bee December 19, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
202
Pangrams
2
Genius score
141
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FORMULA
- FORMULA
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
101 pts
50%
Genius
141 pts
70%
Queen Bee
202 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afar
- afoul
- afro
- alarm
- alfalfa
- aloof
- alum
- ammo
- amoral
- amour
- armful
- armor
- aroma
- arum
- aura
- aural
- aurora
- auroral
- fall
- falloff
- farm
- farro
- flora
- floral
- foal
- foam
- fora
- formal
- formula
- formula
- lama
- llama
- loaf
- loam
- loofa
- luau
- mall
- mama
- mamma
- mammal
- marm
- maul
- molar
- momma
- moola
- moral
- mural
- offal
- oral
- roam
- roar
- rural
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 19, 2023 uses the seven letters A, F, L, M, O, R, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 202 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 141 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.