Spelling Bee December 3, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
63
Total points
268
Pangrams
2
Genius score
187
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- POTHEAD
- POTHEAD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
107 pts
40%
Amazing
134 pts
50%
Genius
187 pts
70%
Queen Bee
268 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adapt
- adapted
- adept
- adopt
- adopted
- adoptee
- aped
- atop
- dapped
- deep
- depot
- depth
- dope
- doped
- epee
- epode
- heap
- heaped
- heptad
- hoop
- hooped
- hope
- hoped
- hopped
- hotpot
- opah
- opted
- padded
- papa
- pate
- path
- patted
- peapod
- peat
- peed
- peep
- peeped
- pepped
- petted
- phat
- photo
- poet
- pooh
- poop
- pooped
- pope
- poppa
- popped
- poppet
- potato
- pothead
- pothead
- potted
- tapa
- tape
- taped
- tapped
- teapot
- teepee
- tepee
- tope
- toped
- topped
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 3, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, E, H, O, P, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 63 accepted words for a total of 268 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 187 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.