Spelling Bee November 22, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
256
Pangrams
6
Genius score
179
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CLICKBAIT
- CLICKBAIT
- TAILBACK
- TAILBACK
- BACKLIT
- BACKLIT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
64 pts
25%
Great
102 pts
40%
Amazing
128 pts
50%
Genius
179 pts
70%
Queen Bee
256 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abaci
- aback
- alibi
- baba
- babka
- bacilli
- back
- backbit
- backlit
- backlit
- backtalk
- bail
- bait
- balalaika
- balk
- ball
- batik
- biblical
- bilabial
- bilk
- bill
- blab
- black
- blackball
- blat
- cabal
- cabala
- callback
- ciabatta
- clickbait
- clickbait
- kickback
- kickball
- labia
- labial
- tabla
- tailback
- tailback
- tibia
- tibial
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, November 22, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, C, I, K, L, T, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 256 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 179 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.