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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

C
G
I
J
N
O
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

32

accepted entries

Total points

182

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

127

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • JOUNCING
  • JOUNCING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
C 10 words
  • cocci
  • cocoon
  • cocooning
  • coin
  • coining
  • conic
  • conjoin
  • conjoining
  • conning
  • cooing
G 5 words
  • going
  • gong
  • gonging
  • goon
  • gouging
I 3 words
  • icon
  • iconic
  • ionic
J 7 words
  • jingo
  • jogging
  • join
  • joining
  • jouncing
  • jouncing
  • junco
N 4 words
  • noggin
  • noon
  • noun
  • nuncio
O 2 words
  • ongoing
  • onion
U 1 word
  • 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.

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

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