November 30, 2024, Saturday

Spelling Bee Answers for Saturday, November 30, 2024

Nov 30, 2024, Saturday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, C, I, L, M, N, T honeycomb (center letter C) feature 61 words, a 348-point total, 2 Pangrams (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 13-letter longest word: ANTICLIMACTIC.

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Spelling Bee hive for November 30, 2024 with center letter C and surrounding letters A,I,L,M,N and T

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Saturday, November 30, 2024 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

8/10

Hard

81st percentile

Avg Word Length

6.02

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

71/100

Rare

Rarer than 71% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

59 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×13L3×9L6×8L11×7L11×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 244 pts

32 words1×13L3×9L6×8L11×7L10×6L1×5L

Vowel Split

41%

Balanced mix

149 vowels · 218 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start17 PTS
15%Moving Up52 PTS
25%Good87 PTS
40%Solid139 PTS
50%Nice174 PTS
60%Great209 PTS
65%Amazing226 PTS
70%Genius244 PTS
100%Queen Bee348 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 61 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Saturday, November 30, 2024. 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.

Common openings

41%

15%

13%

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Puzzle Letters

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

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2023-04-01(T)

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Word Length Distribution

11 words

16 words

13 words

11 words

6 words (Pangram)

3 words

1 word (Pangram)

13L

Share of 61 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

61 words

100%

56 words

92%

46 words

75%

33 words

54%

29 words

48%

28 words

46%

21 words

34%

Share of 61 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

11 pts

80 pts

78 pts

77 pts

55 pts (Pangram)

27 pts

20 pts (Pangram)

13L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

2541%

915%

813%

711%

610%

58%

12%

Share of 61 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 348 ranks in the 97th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2024-11-29.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 61 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 91st percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2024-11-29.
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 Hard puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is harder than average.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2024-11-28.
The estimated solve time of 50–68 min is slower than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a challenging solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

acacian
acaciin
acacin
acana
acatallactic
acca
acct
acini
acinic
aclinal
aclinic
acmatic
acmic
acta
actin
actinal
actinia
actinian
actinic
alamannic
alcaic
alcanna
alicant
alicia
allanitic
allicin
altaic
amic
amical
amici
aminic
anaclitic
ancilia
ancilla
anicca
anilic
animalic
annamitic
antical
anticlimactical
anticlinal
atacaman
atactic
atlantic
atlantica
attacca
attical
caama
caca
cacana
caimacam
cain
cainian
cainitic
calami
calamint
calc
calcic
calcitic
calin
callan
callant
callat
calli
calmant
camaca
camacan
camail
caman
camilla
cana
canaan
canaanitic
canalman
caninal
cann
cantala
cantic
cantil
cataian
catalan
catalatic
catalina
catallactic
catlin
catti
ccitt
cicala
cilician
cill
cima
cincinnal
cincinnati
cincinnatian
cincinni
cinct
cinnamal
cinnamic
cital
clallam
clamant
clat
climactical
climant
climatal
climatical
clinal
clinamina
clinia
clint
clit
clitic
cnicin
ictic
ilicin
illitic
imamic
inactinic
inca
incaic
incan
incitant
incl
italical
laccic
laccin
lacinia
lactam
lactant
lacticinia
lactim
lamaic
lantaca
licca
licinian
lilacin
limnic
linac
macaca
macana
malacca
malaccan
malacia
malactic
mannitic
mantic
micmac
mimical
niantic
nici
nictitant
tacan
tacana
tacanan
talamanca
talamancan
tamilic
tanitic
tannaic
tannaitic
tantalic
tical
ticca
tinc
tincal
titanical
titanitic
titianic

*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.