Spelling Bee December 27, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
55
Total points
265
Pangrams
4
Genius score
185
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MAGICALLY
- MAGICALLY
- MYALGIC
- MYALGIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
66 pts
25%
Great
106 pts
40%
Amazing
132 pts
50%
Genius
185 pts
70%
Queen Bee
265 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acclaim
- acyclic
- alga
- algal
- allay
- ally
- amalgam
- amyl
- cagily
- call
- calla
- calm
- calmly
- cilia
- claim
- clam
- clammy
- clay
- cyclic
- cyclical
- cyclically
- gaily
- gala
- gall
- gayly
- giggly
- gill
- glacial
- glacially
- glam
- glia
- icily
- iliac
- illy
- lacy
- laggy
- laic
- laical
- lallygag
- lama
- lilac
- lily
- lima
- llama
- magical
- magically
- magically
- malic
- mall
- mammal
- mill
- myalgia
- myalgic
- myalgic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 27, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, G, I, L, M, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 265 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 185 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.