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Spelling Bee December 25, 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: C

C
D
E
N
O
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

79

accepted entries

Total points

533

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

8

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

373

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNCONNECTED
  • UNCONNECTED
  • UNCOUNTED
  • CONDUCTED
  • UNCOUNTED
  • CONDUCTED
  • COUNTED
  • COUNTED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

10 pts

2%

Moving Up

26 pts

5%

Good

42 pts

8%

Solid

79 pts

15%

Nice

133 pts

25%

Great

213 pts

40%

Amazing

266 pts

50%

Genius

373 pts

70%

Queen Bee

533 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 42 words
  • cede
  • ceded
  • cent
  • coconut
  • cocoon
  • cocooned
  • code
  • coded
  • codon
  • coed
  • concede
  • conceded
  • concoct
  • concocted
  • condo
  • condone
  • condoned
  • conduct
  • conducted
  • conducted
  • cone
  • coned
  • connect
  • connected
  • conned
  • connote
  • connoted
  • contend
  • contended
  • content
  • contented
  • cooed
  • coot
  • cote
  • cotton
  • cottoned
  • count
  • counted
  • counted
  • cued
  • cute
  • cutout
D 20 words
  • decedent
  • decent
  • deco
  • decoct
  • decocted
  • decode
  • decoded
  • deduce
  • deduced
  • deduct
  • deducted
  • denounce
  • denounced
  • detect
  • detected
  • deuce
  • docent
  • duct
  • ducted
  • dunce
E 5 words
  • ecotone
  • educe
  • educed
  • encode
  • encoded
N 2 words
  • neocon
  • nonce
O 3 words
  • octet
  • once
  • ounce
U 7 words
  • unceded
  • unconnected
  • unconnected
  • uncounted
  • uncounted
  • uncut
  • undetected

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 25, 2022 uses the seven letters C, D, E, N, O, T, U, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 79 accepted words for a total of 533 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 373 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 8 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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