Spelling Bee December 21, 2024 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
321
Pangrams
4
Genius score
224
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CONFOUNDED
- CONFOUNDED
- COFOUNDED
- COFOUNDED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
48 pts
15%
Nice
80 pts
25%
Great
128 pts
40%
Amazing
160 pts
50%
Genius
224 pts
70%
Queen Bee
321 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cofound
- cofounded
- cofounded
- confound
- confounded
- confounded
- cued
- cuff
- cuffed
- deduce
- deduced
- defund
- defunded
- denounce
- denounced
- denude
- denuded
- deuce
- dude
- duff
- dunce
- dune
- dunned
- dunno
- educe
- educed
- endue
- endued
- fecund
- feud
- feuded
- fondue
- found
- founded
- fund
- funded
- noun
- nude
- ounce
- udon
- unceded
- uncuff
- uncuffed
- undefended
- undo
- undone
- undue
- unfed
- unfounded
- unfunded
- unneeded
- unoffended
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 21, 2024 uses the seven letters C, D, E, F, N, O, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 321 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 224 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.