Tuesday · 43 words

Spelling Bee December 24, 2024 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: T

D
E
F
O
T
U
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

42

accepted entries

Total points

188

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

131

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • OUTFOXED
  • OUTFOXED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

28 pts

15%

Nice

47 pts

25%

Great

75 pts

40%

Amazing

94 pts

50%

Genius

131 pts

70%

Queen Bee

188 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 8 words
  • deft
  • detox
  • detoxed
  • dote
  • doted
  • dotted
  • duet
  • duetted
E 3 words
  • effete
  • etouffee
  • etude
F 5 words
  • feet
  • fete
  • feted
  • foot
  • footed
O 5 words
  • outdo
  • outed
  • outfox
  • outfoxed
  • outfoxed
T 21 words
  • teed
  • teff
  • text
  • texted
  • toed
  • toffee
  • tofu
  • toot
  • tooted
  • tote
  • toted
  • tout
  • touted
  • tuffet
  • tuft
  • tufted
  • tutee
  • tutted
  • tutu
  • tuxedo
  • tuxedoed

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 24, 2024 uses the seven letters D, E, F, O, T, U, X, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 188 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 131 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.

← Previous No earlier puzzle
Spelling Bee december 24 2024 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough