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Spelling Bee December 28, 2023 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
E
G
L
U
V
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

232

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

162

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • VAGUELY
  • VAGUELY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

34 pts

15%

Nice

58 pts

25%

Great

92 pts

40%

Amazing

116 pts

50%

Genius

162 pts

70%

Queen Bee

232 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 10 words
  • agave
  • ague
  • alga
  • algae
  • algal
  • allay
  • allege
  • allele
  • alley
  • ally
E 2 words
  • eagle
  • eave
G 14 words
  • gaga
  • gage
  • gaggle
  • gala
  • gale
  • gall
  • galley
  • gauge
  • gavage
  • gave
  • gavel
  • gayly
  • guava
  • gulag
L 11 words
  • laggy
  • lallygag
  • lava
  • lavage
  • lave
  • league
  • leave
  • legal
  • legally
  • luau
  • luggage
U 3 words
  • uvea
  • uvula
  • uvulae
V 12 words
  • vagal
  • vague
  • vaguely
  • vaguely
  • vale
  • valley
  • value
  • valve
  • veal
  • vulva
  • vulvae
  • vulval

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 28, 2023 uses the seven letters A, E, G, L, U, V, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 232 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 162 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.

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

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