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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

A
F
L
M
O
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

202

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

141

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FORMULA
  • FORMULA

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 18 words
  • afar
  • afoul
  • afro
  • alarm
  • alfalfa
  • aloof
  • alum
  • ammo
  • amoral
  • amour
  • armful
  • armor
  • aroma
  • arum
  • aura
  • aural
  • aurora
  • auroral
F 12 words
  • fall
  • falloff
  • farm
  • farro
  • flora
  • floral
  • foal
  • foam
  • fora
  • formal
  • formula
  • formula
L 6 words
  • lama
  • llama
  • loaf
  • loam
  • loofa
  • luau
M 11 words
  • mall
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mammal
  • marm
  • maul
  • molar
  • momma
  • moola
  • moral
  • mural
O 2 words
  • offal
  • oral
R 3 words
  • 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.

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

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