Spelling Bee December 5, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
122
Pangrams
2
Genius score
85
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- APPLEJACK
- APPLEJACK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
30 pts
25%
Great
48 pts
40%
Amazing
61 pts
50%
Genius
85 pts
70%
Queen Bee
122 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allele
- apace
- appeal
- appellee
- apple
- applejack
- applejack
- cackle
- cake
- cape
- cell
- epee
- jake
- jape
- jeep
- jell
- kale
- keel
- keep
- kelp
- lace
- lake
- lapel
- leak
- leap
- leek
- pace
- paella
- palace
- pale
- peace
- peak
- peal
- peck
- peek
- peel
- peep
- peke
- place
- plea
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 5, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, E, J, K, L, P, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 122 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 85 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.