Spelling Bee December 30, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
159
Pangrams
2
Genius score
111
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TRILLIONTH
- TRILLIONTH
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
23 pts
15%
Nice
39 pts
25%
Great
63 pts
40%
Amazing
79 pts
50%
Genius
111 pts
70%
Queen Bee
159 pts
100%
All accepted words
- honor
- horn
- horror
- intro
- iron
- nitro
- noir
- nori
- north
- rhino
- rill
- riot
- roil
- roll
- root
- roti
- rotini
- rotor
- rototill
- thorn
- thrill
- tinhorn
- tori
- torii
- torn
- toro
- tort
- tortoni
- trill
- trillion
- trillionth
- trillionth
- trio
- triton
- troll
- trot
- troth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 30, 2022 uses the seven letters H, I, L, N, O, R, T, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 159 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 111 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.