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
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
167
Pangrams
2
Genius score
116
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHLOROPHYLL
- CHLOROPHYLL
Rank thresholds
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
- chlorophyll
- chlorophyll
- chop
- choppy
- clop
- cloy
- coho
- color
- cool
- coolly
- coop
- copy
- coyly
- croc
- crop
- holly
- holy
- hooch
- hoop
- hoppy
- horror
- hypo
- loch
- loco
- loll
- lollop
- loop
- loopy
- lorry
- phyllo
- plop
- ploy
- poll
- polo
- polyp
- pooch
- pooh
- pool
- poop
- poor
- poorly
- poppy
- porch
- prop
- pyro
- rococo
- roll
- ropy
- 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.