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Spelling Bee December 4, 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: V

D
E
F
I
N
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

38

accepted entries

Total points

227

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

158

70% of total

Center letter

V

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DEFINITIVE
  • DEFINITIVE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

34 pts

15%

Nice

56 pts

25%

Great

90 pts

40%

Amazing

113 pts

50%

Genius

158 pts

70%

Queen Bee

227 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 12 words
  • definitive
  • definitive
  • devein
  • deveined
  • dive
  • dived
  • divide
  • divided
  • dividend
  • divine
  • divined
  • divvied
E 6 words
  • endive
  • envied
  • even
  • evened
  • event
  • evident
F 1 word
  • five
I 8 words
  • infinitive
  • invent
  • invented
  • inventive
  • invite
  • invited
  • invitee
  • ivied
V 11 words
  • vein
  • veined
  • vend
  • vended
  • vent
  • vented
  • vetted
  • vied
  • vine
  • vivid
  • vivified

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 4, 2023 uses the seven letters D, E, F, I, N, T, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 227 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 158 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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