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Spelling Bee December 23, 2024 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: W

D
H
I
L
N
O
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

22

accepted entries

Total points

118

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

82

70% of total

Center letter

W

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DOWNHILL
  • DOWNHILL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

17 pts

15%

Nice

29 pts

25%

Great

47 pts

40%

Amazing

59 pts

50%

Genius

82 pts

70%

Queen Bee

118 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 4 words
  • down
  • downhill
  • downhill
  • downwind
H 2 words
  • hollow
  • howl
L 1 word
  • lowdown
N 1 word
  • nohow
W 14 words
  • widow
  • widowhood
  • wild
  • wildwood
  • will
  • willow
  • wind
  • window
  • winnow
  • wino
  • wood
  • woodwind
  • woohoo
  • wool

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 23, 2024 uses the seven letters D, H, I, L, N, O, W, with W as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 22 accepted words for a total of 118 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 82 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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