Spelling Bee Answers for Saturday, December 09, 2023
Dec 09, 2023, Saturday Spelling Bee Answers for the L, E, T, M, G, O, Y honeycomb (center letter L) feature 50 words, a 208-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 9-letter longest word: ETYMOLOGY, TELEOLOGY.
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Saturday, December 9, 2023 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights
A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.
Difficulty
4/10
Medium40th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.22
Short wordsAll-time avg: 5.4
Rarity
33/100
UncommonRarer than 33% of puzzles
Avg Solve Time
41 minutes
Typical solveTo reach Genius
2LL
18
Typical spreadUnique two-letter openings
Bingo Status
Yes
All 7 coveredAll 7 letters start at least 1 word
GN4L
22
words to GeniusGN4L OTN
Yes
Exact 146 ptsVowel Split
39%
Balanced mix101 vowels · 160 consonants
Score Milestones
- 0%Beginner0 PTS
- 5%Good Start10 PTS
- 15%Moving Up31 PTS
- 25%Good52 PTS
- 40%Solid83 PTS
- 50%Nice104 PTS
- 60%Great125 PTS
- 65%Amazing135 PTS
- 70%Genius146 PTS
- 100%Queen Bee208 PTS
Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Here is the complete list of 50 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Saturday, December 9, 2023. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.
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Complete Answers
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9-Letter Words 2 words
8-Letter Words 2 words
7-Letter Words 2 words
6-Letter Words 13 words
5-Letter Words 11 words
4-Letter Words 20 words
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Word Length Distribution
Share of 50 answers at each word length.
Letter Coverage
Share of 50 words using each hive letter.
Points by Length
Total points available at each word length.
Letter Frequency Distribution
Share of 50 words starting with each letter.
How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?
- Today’s score of 208 ranks in the 56th percentile among all puzzles.
- The last time a score this low appeared was on 2023-12-08.
- The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
- The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
- With 50 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 69th percentile overall.
- The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2023-12-08.
- The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
- The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
- This puzzle ranks among the Medium puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
- Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is easier than usual.
- The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
- Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2023-12-08.
- The estimated solve time of 35–47 min is comparable than typical puzzles.
- Players can expect a steady solving experience.
Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List
Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:
- elem
- elemol
- elle
- elmy
- eloge
- elogy
- emetology
- ettle
- gell
- gelly
- gemel
- gemmel
- gemmology
- gleet
- gleety
- gleg
- glegly
- gley
- glogg
- glome
- glottology
- goel
- goglet
- goll
- goyle
- gyle
- gymel
- leet
- leetle
- lege
- legge
- leglet
- leme
- lemel
- lemology
- leto
- lett
- letty
- logget
- loggy
- loglet
- loglog
- logology
- lolly
- lolo
- looey
- lote
- loto
- lotte
- meetly
- mele
- mell
- metely
- metol
- molle
- moly
- mool
- mooley
- moyl
- moyle
- myology
- oleg
- oleoyl
- ology
- oology
- oylet
- teel
- tele
- teleg
- tellee
- telly
- telome
- teloogoo
- telt
- tetel
- tole
- tolly
- tolt
- tolyl
- tomelet
- tottle
- tylote
- yelm
- yelt
- ylem
*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.