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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

A
C
G
I
L
M
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

55

accepted entries

Total points

265

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

185

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MAGICALLY
  • MAGICALLY
  • MYALGIC
  • MYALGIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • acclaim
  • acyclic
  • alga
  • algal
  • allay
  • ally
  • amalgam
  • amyl
C 13 words
  • cagily
  • call
  • calla
  • calm
  • calmly
  • cilia
  • claim
  • clam
  • clammy
  • clay
  • cyclic
  • cyclical
  • cyclically
G 10 words
  • gaily
  • gala
  • gall
  • gayly
  • giggly
  • gill
  • glacial
  • glacially
  • glam
  • glia
I 3 words
  • icily
  • iliac
  • illy
L 10 words
  • lacy
  • laggy
  • laic
  • laical
  • lallygag
  • lama
  • lilac
  • lily
  • lima
  • llama
M 11 words
  • magical
  • magically
  • magically
  • mail
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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