Spelling Bee December 9, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
175
Pangrams
2
Genius score
122
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNKNOWING
- UNKNOWING
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
43 pts
25%
Great
70 pts
40%
Amazing
87 pts
50%
Genius
122 pts
70%
Queen Bee
175 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ginkgo
- going
- gong
- gonging
- goon
- gouging
- gown
- gowning
- know
- knowing
- known
- kook
- noggin
- nonunion
- nook
- noon
- noun
- oink
- oinking
- ongoing
- onion
- owing
- owning
- union
- unknowing
- unknowing
- unknown
- unwon
- winnow
- winnowing
- wino
- wonk
- wooing
- wowing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 9, 2024 uses the seven letters G, I, K, N, O, U, W, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 175 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 122 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.