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Spelling Bee December 31, 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: N

A
E
H
N
P
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

251

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

175

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HYPHENATE
  • HYPHENATE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

20 pts

8%

Solid

37 pts

15%

Nice

62 pts

25%

Great

100 pts

40%

Amazing

125 pts

50%

Genius

175 pts

70%

Queen Bee

251 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • ante
  • antenna
  • antennae
  • apnea
E 3 words
  • eaten
  • entente
  • ethane
H 8 words
  • happen
  • heathen
  • henna
  • heptane
  • hyena
  • hyphen
  • hyphenate
  • hyphenate
N 13 words
  • naan
  • nana
  • nanny
  • nape
  • natant
  • natty
  • neap
  • neat
  • neaten
  • neath
  • nene
  • nepenthe
  • netty
P 13 words
  • paean
  • pane
  • pant
  • panty
  • patent
  • patentee
  • peahen
  • peen
  • pennant
  • penne
  • penny
  • pent
  • pentane
T 9 words
  • teen
  • teeny
  • tenant
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tenth
  • than
  • thane
  • then
Y 2 words
  • yenta
  • yente

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 31, 2024 uses the seven letters A, E, H, N, P, T, Y, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 251 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 175 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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