Spelling Bee December 22, 2023 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
32
Total points
182
Pangrams
2
Genius score
127
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- JOUNCING
- JOUNCING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
72 pts
40%
Amazing
91 pts
50%
Genius
127 pts
70%
Queen Bee
182 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cocci
- cocoon
- cocooning
- coin
- coining
- conic
- conjoin
- conjoining
- conning
- cooing
- going
- gong
- gonging
- goon
- gouging
- icon
- iconic
- ionic
- jingo
- jogging
- join
- joining
- jouncing
- jouncing
- junco
- noggin
- noon
- noun
- nuncio
- ongoing
- onion
- union
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 22, 2023 uses the seven letters C, G, I, J, N, O, U, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 182 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 127 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.