Spelling Bee December 11, 2025 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: Y
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
204
Pangrams
2
Genius score
142
Center letter
Y
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MAYPOLE
- MAYPOLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
51 pts
25%
Great
81 pts
40%
Amazing
102 pts
50%
Genius
142 pts
70%
Queen Bee
204 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allay
- alley
- alloy
- ally
- amply
- amyl
- apply
- eely
- employ
- employee
- lamely
- laypeople
- loamy
- loopy
- loyal
- loyally
- mayo
- maypole
- maypole
- mealy
- molly
- mommy
- mopey
- myeloma
- myope
- palely
- palmy
- papally
- papaya
- pappy
- payee
- payola
- peppy
- play
- ploy
- polyp
- poppy
- yappy
- yell
- yelp
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 11, 2025 uses the seven letters A, E, L, M, O, P, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 204 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 142 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.