Spelling Bee December 27, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
175
Pangrams
2
Genius score
122
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HEADWIND
- HEADWIND
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
43 pts
25%
Great
70 pts
40%
Amazing
87 pts
50%
Genius
122 pts
70%
Queen Bee
175 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adenine
- aide
- aided
- denied
- died
- dine
- dined
- eddied
- headwind
- headwind
- heinie
- hidden
- hide
- hied
- hind
- idea
- inane
- indeed
- indie
- innie
- naiad
- nannied
- nine
- wahine
- weenie
- whine
- whined
- whinnied
- wide
- widen
- widened
- wienie
- wind
- winded
- wine
- wined
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 27, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, E, H, I, N, W, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 175 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 122 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.