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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

C
D
E
F
N
O
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

321

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

224

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CONFOUNDED
  • CONFOUNDED
  • COFOUNDED
  • COFOUNDED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
C 9 words
  • cofound
  • cofounded
  • cofounded
  • confound
  • confounded
  • confounded
  • cued
  • cuff
  • cuffed
D 15 words
  • deduce
  • deduced
  • defund
  • defunded
  • denounce
  • denounced
  • denude
  • denuded
  • deuce
  • dude
  • duff
  • dunce
  • dune
  • dunned
  • dunno
E 4 words
  • educe
  • educed
  • endue
  • endued
F 8 words
  • fecund
  • feud
  • feuded
  • fondue
  • found
  • founded
  • fund
  • funded
N 2 words
  • noun
  • nude
O 1 word
  • ounce
U 13 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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