Spelling Bee December 28, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
216
Pangrams
2
Genius score
151
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ADAMANTLY
- ADAMANTLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
54 pts
25%
Great
86 pts
40%
Amazing
108 pts
50%
Genius
151 pts
70%
Queen Bee
216 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adamant
- adamantly
- adamantly
- adman
- allay
- ally
- amyl
- anal
- anally
- annal
- daddy
- dally
- damn
- dandy
- data
- dyad
- lady
- lama
- land
- landlady
- lantana
- layman
- llama
- madam
- madly
- madman
- malady
- mall
- malt
- malty
- mama
- mamma
- mammal
- mandala
- manly
- manna
- manta
- many
- mayday
- myna
- naan
- nada
- nana
- nanny
- natal
- natant
- natty
- tall
- tally
- tatty
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 28, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, L, M, N, T, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 216 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 151 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.