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Spelling Bee December 2, 2022 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: V

A
I
L
R
T
V
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

27

accepted entries

Total points

211

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

147

70% of total

Center letter

V

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • TRIVIALITY
  • TRIVIALITY
  • TRIVIALLY
  • TRIVIALLY
  • VIRALITY
  • VIRALITY

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

31 pts

15%

Nice

52 pts

25%

Great

84 pts

40%

Amazing

105 pts

50%

Genius

147 pts

70%

Queen Bee

211 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • arrival
  • avail
  • avatar
  • aviary
L 3 words
  • larva
  • larval
  • lava
R 2 words
  • rival
  • rivalry
T 7 words
  • travail
  • trivia
  • trivial
  • triviality
  • triviality
  • trivially
  • trivially
V 11 words
  • vary
  • vial
  • villa
  • viral
  • virality
  • virality
  • virally
  • virility
  • vital
  • vitality
  • vitally

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 2, 2022 uses the seven letters A, I, L, R, T, V, Y, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 211 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 147 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 6 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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