Spelling Bee December 5, 2024 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
178
Pangrams
2
Genius score
124
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GROUNDOUT
- GROUNDOUT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
44 pts
25%
Great
71 pts
40%
Amazing
89 pts
50%
Genius
124 pts
70%
Queen Bee
178 pts
100%
All accepted words
- dogtrot
- donor
- door
- dour
- drug
- gorgon
- gourd
- grog
- grotto
- ground
- groundout
- groundout
- grout
- grunt
- guru
- odor
- orotund
- outdoor
- outro
- outrun
- rondo
- rood
- root
- rotgut
- rotor
- rotund
- round
- rout
- rung
- runout
- runt
- torn
- toro
- tort
- tour
- trod
- trot
- trout
- turn
- turnout
- tutor
- unground
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 5, 2024 uses the seven letters D, G, N, O, R, T, U, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 178 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 124 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.