Spelling Bee December 29, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
45
Total points
172
Pangrams
2
Genius score
120
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LOGOPHILE
- LOGOPHILE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
43 pts
25%
Great
68 pts
40%
Amazing
86 pts
50%
Genius
120 pts
70%
Queen Bee
172 pts
100%
All accepted words
- elope
- epilog
- gigolo
- gloop
- glop
- goggle
- googol
- goop
- hellhole
- hello
- hippo
- hole
- hoop
- hope
- igloo
- lipo
- loge
- logo
- logophile
- logophile
- loll
- lollipop
- lollop
- loop
- loophole
- lope
- ogee
- ogle
- oleo
- olio
- ollie
- peephole
- people
- piehole
- plop
- pogo
- pole
- polio
- poll
- polo
- pooh
- pool
- poop
- pope
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 29, 2022 uses the seven letters E, G, H, I, L, O, P, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 45 accepted words for a total of 172 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 120 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.