Spelling Bee December 8, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
51
Total points
198
Pangrams
4
Genius score
138
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DOORNAIL
- DOORNAIL
- ORDINAL
- ORDINAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
49 pts
25%
Great
79 pts
40%
Amazing
99 pts
50%
Genius
138 pts
70%
Queen Bee
198 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aioli
- anal
- annal
- aril
- dial
- dildo
- dill
- dirndl
- doll
- dollar
- dolor
- doornail
- doornail
- drill
- droll
- drool
- idol
- inlaid
- inland
- laid
- lain
- lair
- lanai
- land
- landlord
- lanolin
- lard
- liar
- lion
- lira
- llano
- load
- loan
- loin
- loll
- loon
- lord
- nail
- nodal
- nonillion
- olio
- oral
- ordinal
- ordinal
- radial
- rail
- railroad
- rial
- rill
- roil
- roll
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 8, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, N, O, R, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 198 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 138 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.