Spelling Bee December 6, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
39
Total points
179
Pangrams
2
Genius score
125
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PHONILY
- PHONILY
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
125 pts
70%
Queen Bee
179 pts
100%
All accepted words
- hiply
- hippo
- hippy
- hoop
- hoppy
- hypo
- lipo
- lippy
- lollipop
- lollop
- loop
- loopily
- loopy
- nippy
- opinion
- phonily
- phonily
- phono
- phony
- phyllo
- pill
- pillion
- pinion
- pinny
- pippin
- plop
- ploy
- polio
- poll
- polo
- polyp
- polyphony
- pony
- pooh
- pool
- poop
- poplin
- poppy
- pylon
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 6, 2024 uses the seven letters H, I, L, N, O, P, Y, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 179 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 125 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.