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Spelling Bee Answers for November 30, 2024

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words61
Pangrams2
Points possible348
Center letterC
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published November 30, 2024·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

LI
NCA
MT

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
28 pts
Good
53 pts
Solid
87 pts
Nice
140 pts
Great
174 pts
Amazing
244 pts
Genius
296 pts
Queen Bee
348 pts
Total words
61
Pangrams
2
Possible points
348

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 2 pangrams
anticlimactic +20 ptsclaimant +15 pts

The full word list

All 61 valid Spelling Bee solutions for November 30, 2024, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters11 words
acaicallcalmcamicantclamclanlaicmicatacttalc
5 letters16 words
anticatticcacticallacanalcannaciliaclaimiliaclicitlilacmalicmanicmimictacittinct
6 letters13 words
acaciacaimancancanclinicincantintactitaliclacticlaicalmaniacniacintactictannic
7 letters11 words
acclaimalmanaccantatacantinacatcallcatmintcattailillicitmancalaminicamtitanic
8 letters6 words
claimantclimaticclinicalinimicalmaniacaltactical
9 letters3 words
climacticcliniciantactician
13 letters1 word
anticlimactic

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

anticlimactic +20claimant +15climactic +9clinician +9tactician +9

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for November 30, 2024 has 61 valid words for a total of 348 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 296 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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