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Spelling Bee December 24, 2022 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

B
G
I
N
O
U
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

33

accepted entries

Total points

173

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

121

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNBOXING
  • UNBOXING

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

43 pts

25%

Great

69 pts

40%

Amazing

86 pts

50%

Genius

121 pts

70%

Queen Bee

173 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 16 words
  • bingo
  • bobbin
  • bobbing
  • bogging
  • boing
  • bonbon
  • bong
  • bongo
  • boning
  • bonobo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • booing
  • boon
  • boxing
  • bunion
G 6 words
  • gibbon
  • going
  • gong
  • gonging
  • goon
  • gouging
I 1 word
  • inbox
N 4 words
  • noggin
  • noob
  • noon
  • noun
O 2 words
  • ongoing
  • onion
U 4 words
  • unbox
  • unboxing
  • unboxing
  • union

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 24, 2022 uses the seven letters B, G, I, N, O, U, X, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 173 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 121 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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