Word Hints

for NYT Spelling Bee — Saturday, December 17, 2022

Letters from the NYT Spelling Bee puzzle — December 17, 2022

AHILNRC
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Word count + point totalHow many words, total points, and rank thresholds
Show the pangrams2 words using all 7 letters
Word counts by lengthHow many 4-letter, 5-letter words etc. — no words revealed
Words by first letterWord counts per starting letter
Full word listEvery word with point values — pangrams highlighted
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Word count + points
53
words
260
total points
182
for Genius
Rank thresholds
Queen Bee 260 pts
Genius 182 pts
Amazing 130 pts
Great 104 pts
Nice 65 pts
Solid 39 pts
Good 20 pts
Moving Up 13 pts
Good Start 5 pts
Beginner 0 pts
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Pangrams

2 words use all 7 letters.

1ANARCHICAL
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Words by length
13
4-letter
19
5-letter
12
6-letter
4
7-letter
2
8-letter
1
9-letter
2
10-letter
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Words by first letter

Word counts per starting letter. Full words revealed in the next section.

A
8 words
C
32 words
I
2 words
L
4 words
N
2 words
R
5 words
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All 53 words
ACACIA6pt
ACAI1pt
ANARCHIC8pt
ANARCHICAL17pt
ARCANA6pt
ARCH1pt
ARCHAIC7pt
ARNICA6pt
CAIRN5pt
CALL1pt
CALLA5pt
CANAL5pt
CANCAN6pt
CANNA5pt
CARNAL6pt
CHAI1pt
CHAIN5pt
CHAIR5pt
CHALLAH7pt
CHAR1pt
CHIA1pt
CHIC1pt
CHICA5pt
CHICHI6pt
CHILI5pt
CHILL5pt
CHIN1pt
CHINA5pt
CHINCHILLA10pt
CILIA5pt
CINCH5pt
CIRCA5pt
CIRRI5pt
CLAN1pt
CLINCH6pt
CLINIC6pt
CLINICAL8pt
CLINICIAN9pt
CRANIA6pt
CRANIAL7pt
ILIAC5pt
INCH1pt
LAIC1pt
LAICAL6pt
LARCH5pt
LILAC5pt
NARC1pt
NIACIN6pt
RACIAL6pt
RAILCAR7pt
RANCH5pt
RICH1pt
RICIN5pt

Queen Bee! 🐝

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