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Spelling Bee December 21, 2023 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: L

C
I
L
O
R
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

33

accepted entries

Total points

117

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

81

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • VITRIOLIC
  • VITRIOLIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

17 pts

15%

Nice

29 pts

25%

Great

46 pts

40%

Amazing

58 pts

50%

Genius

81 pts

70%

Queen Bee

117 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 7 words
  • civil
  • clot
  • coil
  • colic
  • color
  • colt
  • cool
I 1 word
  • illicit
L 7 words
  • licit
  • lilt
  • loci
  • loco
  • loll
  • loot
  • lotto
O 1 word
  • olio
R 4 words
  • rill
  • roil
  • roll
  • rototill
T 8 words
  • till
  • tilt
  • toil
  • toll
  • tool
  • tricolor
  • trill
  • troll
V 5 words
  • viol
  • vitriol
  • vitriolic
  • vitriolic
  • volt

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 21, 2023 uses the seven letters C, I, L, O, R, T, V, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 117 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 81 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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