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Spelling Bee December 24, 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: P

A
D
E
H
I
N
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

62

accepted entries

Total points

346

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

242

70% of total

Center letter

P

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PINHEADED
  • PINHEADED
  • PINHEAD
  • HEADPIN
  • HEADPIN
  • PINHEAD

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

17 pts

5%

Good

27 pts

8%

Solid

51 pts

15%

Nice

86 pts

25%

Great

138 pts

40%

Amazing

173 pts

50%

Genius

242 pts

70%

Queen Bee

346 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • aped
  • aphid
  • apian
  • apnea
  • append
  • appended
D 10 words
  • daphne
  • dapped
  • deadpan
  • deadpanned
  • deep
  • deepen
  • deepened
  • depend
  • depended
  • dipped
E 1 word
  • epee
H 7 words
  • happen
  • happened
  • headpin
  • headpin
  • heap
  • heaped
  • hippie
N 5 words
  • nape
  • napped
  • neap
  • ninepin
  • nipped
P 33 words
  • padded
  • paean
  • paid
  • pain
  • pained
  • panda
  • pane
  • paned
  • panini
  • panned
  • papa
  • peahen
  • peed
  • peen
  • peep
  • peeped
  • pend
  • pended
  • penne
  • penned
  • pepped
  • pied
  • pine
  • pined
  • pinhead
  • pinhead
  • pinheaded
  • pinheaded
  • pinned
  • pinniped
  • pipe
  • piped
  • pippin

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 24, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, E, H, I, N, P, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 346 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 242 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 6 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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