Tuesday · 41 words

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

A
C
E
J
K
L
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

40

accepted entries

Total points

122

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

85

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • APPLEJACK
  • APPLEJACK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • allele
  • apace
  • appeal
  • appellee
  • apple
  • applejack
  • applejack
C 4 words
  • cackle
  • cake
  • cape
  • cell
E 1 word
  • epee
J 4 words
  • jake
  • jape
  • jeep
  • jell
K 4 words
  • kale
  • keel
  • keep
  • kelp
L 6 words
  • lace
  • lake
  • lapel
  • leak
  • leap
  • leek
P 14 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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