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Spelling Bee December 2, 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: C

A
C
G
H
I
M
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

276

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

193

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CHIMICHANGA
  • CHIMICHANGA
  • MACHINING
  • MACHINING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

22 pts

8%

Solid

41 pts

15%

Nice

69 pts

25%

Great

110 pts

40%

Amazing

138 pts

50%

Genius

193 pts

70%

Queen Bee

276 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • aching
  • acing
C 25 words
  • caching
  • caging
  • caiman
  • cami
  • cancan
  • caning
  • canna
  • canning
  • chai
  • chain
  • chaining
  • chancing
  • changing
  • chia
  • chic
  • chica
  • chichi
  • chimichanga
  • chimichanga
  • chiming
  • chin
  • china
  • chinning
  • cinch
  • cinching
I 3 words
  • icing
  • inch
  • inching
M 11 words
  • machining
  • machining
  • macing
  • magic
  • magician
  • maniac
  • manic
  • mica
  • mimic
  • mincing
  • minicam
N 1 word
  • niacin

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 2, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, G, H, I, M, N, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 276 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 193 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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