December 12, 2024, Thursday

Spelling Bee Answers for Thursday, December 12, 2024

Dec 12, 2024, Thursday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, T, M, I, N, Z, O honeycomb (center letter O) feature 47 words, a 257-point total, 2 Pangrams (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 12-letter longest word: MINIMIZATION.

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Spelling Bee hive for December 12, 2024 with center letter O and surrounding letters A,T,M,I,N and Z

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Thursday, December 12, 2024 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

5/10

Medium

51st percentile

Avg Word Length

6.19

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

36/100

Uncommon

Rarer than 36% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

39 minutes

Typical solve

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

1×12L1×11L6×10L3×9L1×8L2×7L6×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 180 pts

20 words1×12L1×11L6×10L3×9L1×8L2×7L4×6L2×5L

Vowel Split

51%

Vowel-heavy puzzle

149 vowels · 142 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start13 PTS
15%Moving Up39 PTS
25%Good64 PTS
40%Solid103 PTS
50%Nice129 PTS
60%Great154 PTS
65%Amazing167 PTS
70%Genius180 PTS
100%Queen Bee257 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 47 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Thursday, December 12, 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

28%

26%

15%

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Puzzle Letters

Previous2024-12-11

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

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Word Length Distribution

16 words

7 words

10 words

2 words

1 word

3 words

6 words

10L

1 word (Pangram)

11L

1 word (Pangram)

12L

Share of 47 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

47 words

100%

33 words

70%

31 words

66%

30 words

64%

29 words

62%

26 words

55%

6 words

13%

Share of 47 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

16 pts

35 pts

60 pts

14 pts

8 pts

27 pts

60 pts

10L

18 pts (Pangram)

11L

19 pts (Pangram)

12L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1328%

1226%

715%

511%

49%

12%

Share of 47 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 257 ranks in the 76th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2024-12-11.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 47 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 61st percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2024-12-11.
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 harder than average.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2024-12-10.
The estimated solve time of 33–45 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*:

ainoi
aion
aition
amazonian
amination
ammino
ammoniation
ammonization
ammono
amnion
amotion
anatomization
anatto
animato
annatto
annomination
annona
annotto
anoa
anoia
anomia
anotia
anotta
antiatom
antinomian
antiozonant
anton
antonia
antonina
antoniniani
antonio
aonian
atmo
atonia
azon
imino
immanation
inanimation
inanition
inion
inition
innominata
ioni
ionian
iotization
itmo
itonama
itonia
maimon
mammoni
mammonization
mamo
manation
manito
mano
manto
manton
maomao
matzoon
matzot
miao
mimmation
mino
minoan
minot
moio
moit
momo
mona
monition
monoazo
monotint
mont
montana
montanan
montanin
montant
monton
moonman
mootman
mota
motmot
moton
mott
mozo
naio
nanaimo
nanization
naoi
naomi
natation
nato
ninon
niton
noam
noint
noma
nomina
nomoi
nona
nonamino
nonanimation
nonimitation
nonion
nonman
nonmotion
nonnat
nonnomination
nontan
nontannin
nota
notitia
oinomania
oint
oman
omani
omao
omni
omniana
onan
oniomania
onomantia
onomatomania
onza
oomantia
oont
otiant
otomi
otomian
otto
ottomanization
ozonation
ozonization
taino
tano
tanoa
tanoan
tanto
taotai
tatoo
timon
timonian
tionontati
toat
toatoa
toit
toitoi
toma
toman
tomia
tomin
tomomania
tonation
tonn
tonto
toom
toona
toto
zantiot
zion
zona
zonation
zontian
zoomania
zoon
zoonomia
zoozoo

*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.