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Spelling Bee December 26, 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: O

A
E
H
N
O
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

202

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

141

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PANTHEON
  • PANTHEON

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

30 pts

15%

Nice

50 pts

25%

Great

80 pts

40%

Amazing

101 pts

50%

Genius

141 pts

70%

Queen Bee

202 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • aeon
  • annotate
  • anon
  • atone
  • atop
H 5 words
  • hone
  • hoop
  • hoot
  • hope
  • hotpot
N 8 words
  • neon
  • neonate
  • none
  • nonet
  • noon
  • nope
  • notate
  • note
O 5 words
  • oaten
  • oath
  • onto
  • open
  • opponent
P 19 words
  • panettone
  • pantheon
  • pantheon
  • peon
  • phone
  • phono
  • photo
  • photon
  • poet
  • pone
  • pontoon
  • pooh
  • poop
  • pope
  • poppa
  • poppet
  • potato
  • potent
  • potentate
T 10 words
  • tattoo
  • teapot
  • tenon
  • tone
  • tonne
  • toon
  • toot
  • tooth
  • tope
  • tote

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 26, 2023 uses the seven letters A, E, H, N, O, P, T, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 202 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 141 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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