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Spelling Bee December 8, 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: C

A
C
E
I
N
T
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

237

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

165

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INEXACT
  • INEXACT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

35 pts

15%

Nice

59 pts

25%

Great

94 pts

40%

Amazing

118 pts

50%

Genius

165 pts

70%

Queen Bee

237 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 9 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • accent
  • acetate
  • acetic
  • acne
  • ancient
  • antic
  • attic
C 12 words
  • cacti
  • cancan
  • cane
  • canine
  • canna
  • cant
  • cantata
  • canteen
  • cantina
  • cent
  • cetacean
  • cite
E 7 words
  • enact
  • entice
  • exact
  • exacta
  • excite
  • exec
  • extinct
I 5 words
  • incant
  • incite
  • inexact
  • inexact
  • intact
N 3 words
  • niacin
  • nice
  • niece
T 8 words
  • tacet
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactician
  • tannic
  • tinct
  • titanic

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 8, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, N, T, X, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 237 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 165 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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