Spelling Bee December 20, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
222
Pangrams
2
Genius score
155
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COLLECTIVE
- COLLECTIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
55 pts
25%
Great
88 pts
40%
Amazing
111 pts
50%
Genius
155 pts
70%
Queen Bee
222 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cite
- civet
- clot
- collect
- collective
- collective
- collet
- colt
- coot
- cootie
- cote
- covet
- eclectic
- elect
- electee
- elective
- elicit
- elite
- evict
- evictee
- illicit
- licit
- lilt
- lite
- little
- loot
- lotto
- ocelot
- octet
- tell
- tile
- till
- tilt
- title
- tittle
- toil
- toile
- toilet
- toilette
- toll
- tool
- toot
- tootle
- tote
- velvet
- veto
- violet
- volt
- vote
- votive
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 20, 2022 uses the seven letters C, E, I, L, O, T, V, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 222 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 155 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.