Thursday · 42 words

Spelling Bee December 26, 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: A

A
I
M
R
T
U
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

41

accepted entries

Total points

200

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

140

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • IMMATURITY
  • IMMATURITY
  • MATURITY
  • MATURITY

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

100 pts

50%

Genius

140 pts

70%

Queen Bee

200 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 11 words
  • airy
  • amity
  • aria
  • army
  • array
  • arty
  • arum
  • atria
  • atrium
  • attar
  • aura
I 3 words
  • imam
  • immaturity
  • immaturity
M 10 words
  • maim
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mammary
  • marm
  • marry
  • mart
  • martyr
  • maturity
  • maturity
R 4 words
  • raita
  • rarity
  • ratatat
  • ratty
T 12 words
  • tamari
  • tarry
  • tart
  • tartar
  • tatami
  • tatty
  • taut
  • tiara
  • trait
  • tram
  • trauma
  • tray
U 1 word
  • umami

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 26, 2024 uses the seven letters A, I, M, R, T, U, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 200 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 140 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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