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Spelling Bee December 23, 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
H
L
O
P
R
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

49

accepted entries

Total points

167

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

116

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CHLOROPHYLL
  • CHLOROPHYLL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

25 pts

15%

Nice

41 pts

25%

Great

66 pts

40%

Amazing

83 pts

50%

Genius

116 pts

70%

Queen Bee

167 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 15 words
  • chlorophyll
  • chlorophyll
  • chop
  • choppy
  • clop
  • cloy
  • coho
  • color
  • cool
  • coolly
  • coop
  • copy
  • coyly
  • croc
  • crop
H 7 words
  • holly
  • holy
  • hooch
  • hoop
  • hoppy
  • horror
  • hypo
L 7 words
  • loch
  • loco
  • loll
  • lollop
  • loop
  • loopy
  • lorry
P 16 words
  • phyllo
  • plop
  • ploy
  • poll
  • polo
  • polyp
  • pooch
  • pooh
  • pool
  • poop
  • poor
  • poorly
  • poppy
  • porch
  • prop
  • pyro
R 3 words
  • rococo
  • roll
  • ropy
Y 1 word
  • yoohoo

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 23, 2023 uses the seven letters C, H, L, O, P, R, Y, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 167 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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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