Spelling Bee December 22, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
61
Total points
253
Pangrams
2
Genius score
177
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- POLYGAMY
- POLYGAMY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
101 pts
40%
Amazing
126 pts
50%
Genius
177 pts
70%
Queen Bee
253 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agog
- alga
- algal
- allay
- alloy
- ally
- amalgam
- ammo
- amply
- amyl
- apology
- appall
- apply
- gaga
- gala
- gall
- gallop
- galop
- gamma
- gamy
- gayly
- glam
- goal
- laggy
- lallygag
- lama
- lamp
- llama
- loam
- loamy
- lollygag
- loyal
- loyally
- magma
- mall
- mama
- mamma
- mammal
- mammalogy
- mayo
- momma
- moola
- opal
- palapa
- pall
- palm
- palmy
- palp
- pampa
- papa
- papal
- papally
- papaya
- pappy
- payola
- play
- polygamy
- polygamy
- poppa
- yappy
- yoga
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 22, 2022 uses the seven letters A, G, L, M, O, P, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 253 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 177 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.