Sunday · 36 words

Spelling Bee December 29, 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

B
G
I
L
M
O
R

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

35

accepted entries

Total points

105

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

73

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • IMBROGLIO
  • IMBROGLIO

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

15 pts

15%

Nice

26 pts

25%

Great

42 pts

40%

Amazing

52 pts

50%

Genius

73 pts

70%

Queen Bee

105 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 8 words
  • bill
  • blob
  • blog
  • bloom
  • boil
  • boll
  • bolo
  • broil
G 9 words
  • gigolo
  • gill
  • girl
  • glib
  • glob
  • glom
  • gloom
  • googol
  • grill
I 3 words
  • igloo
  • imbroglio
  • imbroglio
L 8 words
  • limb
  • limbo
  • limo
  • lobo
  • logo
  • logroll
  • loll
  • loom
M 3 words
  • mill
  • moil
  • moll
O 1 word
  • olio
R 3 words
  • rill
  • roil
  • roll

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 29, 2024 uses the seven letters B, G, I, L, M, O, R, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 105 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 73 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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