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Spelling Bee December 3, 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: N

A
I
L
N
P
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

57

accepted entries

Total points

305

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

213

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PLIANTLY
  • PLIANTLY
  • INAPTLY
  • INAPTLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

15 pts

5%

Good

24 pts

8%

Solid

45 pts

15%

Nice

76 pts

25%

Great

122 pts

40%

Amazing

152 pts

50%

Genius

213 pts

70%

Queen Bee

305 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • anal
  • anally
  • annal
  • anti
  • apian
  • attain
I 7 words
  • inanity
  • inapt
  • inaptly
  • inaptly
  • initial
  • initially
  • inlay
L 6 words
  • lain
  • lanai
  • lantana
  • lint
  • linty
  • litany
N 11 words
  • naan
  • nail
  • nana
  • nanny
  • natal
  • natality
  • natant
  • nattily
  • natty
  • ninny
  • nippy
P 20 words
  • pain
  • paint
  • panini
  • pant
  • panty
  • patina
  • pinata
  • pinny
  • pint
  • pintail
  • pippin
  • plain
  • plainly
  • plaint
  • plan
  • plant
  • plantain
  • pliant
  • pliantly
  • pliantly
T 7 words
  • taint
  • tannin
  • tinily
  • tinny
  • tint
  • tiny
  • titan

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 3, 2023 uses the seven letters A, I, L, N, P, T, Y, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 305 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 213 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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