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Spelling Bee December 4, 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: I

C
D
E
I
J
N
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

48

accepted entries

Total points

263

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

184

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CONJOINED
  • CONJOINED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

21 pts

8%

Solid

39 pts

15%

Nice

65 pts

25%

Great

105 pts

40%

Amazing

131 pts

50%

Genius

184 pts

70%

Queen Bee

263 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 11 words
  • cocci
  • codeine
  • coin
  • coincide
  • coincided
  • coincidence
  • coined
  • conic
  • conjoin
  • conjoined
  • conjoined
D 15 words
  • decide
  • decided
  • deice
  • deiced
  • deicide
  • denied
  • dice
  • diced
  • died
  • dine
  • dined
  • dino
  • diode
  • djinn
  • djinni
E 4 words
  • ecocide
  • eddied
  • enjoin
  • enjoined
I 10 words
  • iced
  • icon
  • iconic
  • incidence
  • indeed
  • indie
  • innie
  • innocence
  • iodine
  • ionic
J 4 words
  • jinn
  • jinni
  • join
  • joined
N 3 words
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine
O 1 word
  • onion

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 4, 2022 uses the seven letters C, D, E, I, J, N, O, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 263 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 184 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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