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
Puzzle stats
Total words
62
Total points
346
Pangrams
6
Genius score
242
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PINHEADED
- PINHEADED
- PINHEAD
- HEADPIN
- HEADPIN
- PINHEAD
Rank thresholds
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
- aped
- aphid
- apian
- apnea
- append
- appended
- daphne
- dapped
- deadpan
- deadpanned
- deep
- deepen
- deepened
- depend
- depended
- dipped
- epee
- happen
- happened
- headpin
- headpin
- heap
- heaped
- hippie
- nape
- napped
- neap
- ninepin
- nipped
- 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.