Wednesday · 26 words

Spelling Bee December 4, 2024 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: K

A
B
D
E
K
M
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

25

accepted entries

Total points

113

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

79

70% of total

Center letter

K

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • EMBANKED
  • EMBANKED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

16 pts

15%

Nice

28 pts

25%

Great

45 pts

40%

Amazing

56 pts

50%

Genius

79 pts

70%

Queen Bee

113 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 7 words
  • babka
  • bake
  • baked
  • bank
  • banked
  • beak
  • beaked
D 3 words
  • dank
  • deke
  • deked
E 4 words
  • eked
  • embank
  • embanked
  • embanked
K 7 words
  • kebab
  • keen
  • keened
  • knead
  • kneaded
  • knee
  • kneed
M 2 words
  • make
  • meek
N 2 words
  • naked
  • nankeen

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 4, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, D, E, K, M, N, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 25 accepted words for a total of 113 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 79 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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