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
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
251
Pangrams
2
Genius score
175
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HYPHENATE
- HYPHENATE
Rank thresholds
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
- ante
- antenna
- antennae
- apnea
- eaten
- entente
- ethane
- happen
- heathen
- henna
- heptane
- hyena
- hyphen
- hyphenate
- hyphenate
- naan
- nana
- nanny
- nape
- natant
- natty
- neap
- neat
- neaten
- neath
- nene
- nepenthe
- netty
- paean
- pane
- pant
- panty
- patent
- patentee
- peahen
- peen
- pennant
- penne
- penny
- pent
- pentane
- teen
- teeny
- tenant
- tenet
- tent
- tenth
- than
- thane
- then
- 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.