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Spelling Bee December 6, 2022 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: U

C
D
E
L
O
P
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

60

accepted entries

Total points

333

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

233

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DECOUPLED
  • DECOUPLED
  • DECOUPLE
  • DECOUPLE
  • COUPLED
  • COUPLED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

16 pts

5%

Good

26 pts

8%

Solid

49 pts

15%

Nice

83 pts

25%

Great

133 pts

40%

Amazing

166 pts

50%

Genius

233 pts

70%

Queen Bee

333 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 20 words
  • cellule
  • cloud
  • clouded
  • clue
  • clued
  • collude
  • colluded
  • could
  • coulee
  • coup
  • coupe
  • couple
  • coupled
  • coupled
  • cuddle
  • cuddled
  • cued
  • cull
  • culled
  • cupped
D 18 words
  • decouple
  • decouple
  • decoupled
  • decoupled
  • deduce
  • deduced
  • delude
  • deluded
  • deuce
  • dude
  • duded
  • duel
  • dueled
  • dull
  • dulled
  • dupe
  • duped
  • duple
E 4 words
  • educe
  • educed
  • elude
  • eluded
L 5 words
  • loud
  • loupe
  • lull
  • lulled
  • lulu
O 2 words
  • occlude
  • occluded
P 9 words
  • puce
  • puddle
  • puddled
  • pule
  • puled
  • pull
  • pulled
  • pulp
  • pulped
U 2 words
  • updo
  • upped

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 6, 2022 uses the seven letters C, D, E, L, O, P, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 333 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 233 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 6 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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