the New York Times Spelling Bee It’s similar to games that feature a set of scrambled letters where you have to find words (or a word using all the letters!), but there’s a maddening twist: you can use letters more than once and all words must contain the letter in the center of the hive. If you’ve been scratching your head for a while because you can’t pronounce all the words in today’s spelling bee riddle, we’ll help you out.
NYT Spelling Bee Tips
Below you will find the first two letters of the words that can be found in today’s spelling bee and how many words start with that two letter combination.
- AE-1
- AN-1
- BA-3
- BO-8
- EB-1
- JA-1
- JO-1
- NA-1
- NE-1
- NUMBER 3
- OB-1
NYT Spelling Bee Answer Guide
Here are all the valid words found in today’s spelling bee riddle! A new Spelling Bee activates at midnight ET, and the puzzle is available for 24 hours from those start times.
NYT Spelling Bee December 7, 2022 Answers
Today’s spelling bee riddle has a pangram, 22 words, and is worth 78 points.
- Eon
- later
- baboon
- banjo
- baobab
- silly
- candy
- bone
- bonobo
- tit
- boo boo
- blessing
- woof woof
- ebony
- maxillary
- jojoba
- nabob
- neon
- none
- rookie
- midday
- oboe
How to Play the New York Times Spelling Bee
Below you will find a list of rules and requirements to play the game.
- Words must include the center letter of the beehive (this letter has a yellow background).
- No obscure words, no hyphenated words, no proper names, and no profanity!
- Letters can be used once (this is key to getting high scores!)
- Words must contain 4 letters or more.
- You must have a paid subscription to New York Times Games ($40/year, also available for a monthly fee).
Spelling Bee Tips
It will take some practice to get familiar with the Spelling Bee format and get used to it, because trying to remember that you can use letters twice is quite tricky and requires you to visualize those additional possibilities mentally rather than visually on the screen. in front of you Here are a few more tips we’ve found helpful for solving words:
- Look for prefixes and suffixes, which mean things like re- (like renew), -ed (past tense of many words, like fixed), etc. These can be used multiple times and can help you find higher scoring words quickly.
- Look for words that can be combined; although hyphens are not allowed, there are words that are one word that actually look like two, such as “lifeline”.
- Start with the required letter in the center first and then start building your words.
