Spelling Bee December 30, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
41
Total points
175
Pangrams
2
Genius score
122
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ZIRCONIA
- ZIRCONIA
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
43 pts
25%
Great
70 pts
40%
Amazing
87 pts
50%
Genius
122 pts
70%
Queen Bee
175 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acorn
- arcana
- arco
- aria
- arnica
- cairn
- carioca
- carrion
- circa
- cirri
- coir
- corn
- corona
- crania
- croc
- croci
- croon
- czar
- czarina
- iron
- ironic
- narc
- narco
- noir
- nori
- ocarina
- orca
- orzo
- raccoon
- rain
- rancor
- rani
- razor
- razz
- ricin
- roan
- roar
- rococo
- zircon
- zirconia
- zirconia
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 30, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, I, N, O, R, Z, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 175 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 122 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.