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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

A
B
C
I
K
L
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

40

accepted entries

Total points

256

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

179

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CLICKBAIT
  • CLICKBAIT
  • TAILBACK
  • TAILBACK
  • BACKLIT
  • BACKLIT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • abaci
  • aback
  • alibi
B 22 words
  • baba
  • babka
  • bacilli
  • back
  • backbit
  • backlit
  • backlit
  • backtalk
  • bail
  • bait
  • balalaika
  • balk
  • ball
  • batik
  • biblical
  • bilabial
  • bilk
  • bill
  • blab
  • black
  • blackball
  • blat
C 6 words
  • cabal
  • cabala
  • callback
  • ciabatta
  • clickbait
  • clickbait
K 2 words
  • kickback
  • kickball
L 2 words
  • labia
  • labial
T 5 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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