Spelling Bee December 9, 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
224
Pangrams
2
Genius score
156
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ETYMOLOGY
- ETYMOLOGY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
89 pts
40%
Amazing
112 pts
50%
Genius
156 pts
70%
Queen Bee
224 pts
100%
All accepted words
- eely
- elegy
- etymology
- etymology
- eyelet
- gelee
- gelt
- gemology
- geology
- glee
- glom
- gloom
- gloomy
- goggle
- goggly
- golem
- golly
- googly
- googol
- leggy
- loge
- logo
- logy
- loll
- loom
- loot
- lotto
- melee
- melt
- melty
- mettle
- mole
- moll
- molly
- molt
- motel
- motley
- mottle
- ogle
- oleo
- omelet
- omelette
- otology
- teleology
- tell
- toggle
- toll
- tool
- tootle
- yell
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 9, 2023 uses the seven letters E, G, L, M, O, T, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 224 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 156 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.