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Spelling Bee December 28, 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: V

C
E
I
N
O
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

54

accepted entries

Total points

467

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

14

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

326

70% of total

Center letter

V

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INCONVENIENT
  • INCONVENIENT
  • CONNECTIVE
  • CONVENTION
  • CONVENTION
  • CONVENIENT
  • CONVENIENT
  • CONVECTIVE
  • CONVECTION
  • CONNECTIVE
  • CONVECTION
  • CONVECTIVE
  • EVICTION
  • EVICTION

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

9 pts

2%

Moving Up

23 pts

5%

Good

37 pts

8%

Solid

70 pts

15%

Nice

116 pts

25%

Great

186 pts

40%

Amazing

233 pts

50%

Genius

326 pts

70%

Queen Bee

467 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 24 words
  • civet
  • civic
  • conceive
  • connective
  • connective
  • connive
  • convect
  • convection
  • convection
  • convective
  • convective
  • convene
  • convenience
  • convenient
  • convenient
  • convent
  • convention
  • convention
  • convict
  • conviction
  • convince
  • cove
  • coven
  • covet
E 7 words
  • even
  • event
  • evict
  • evictee
  • eviction
  • eviction
  • evince
I 11 words
  • incentive
  • inconvenience
  • inconvenient
  • inconvenient
  • invective
  • invent
  • invention
  • inventive
  • invite
  • invitee
  • invoice
N 2 words
  • nonevent
  • novice
O 2 words
  • oven
  • ovine
V 8 words
  • vein
  • vent
  • veto
  • vice
  • vine
  • voice
  • vote
  • votive

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 28, 2024 uses the seven letters C, E, I, N, O, T, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 467 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 326 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 14 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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