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Spelling Bee December 12, 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: A

A
G
I
L
N
O
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

64

accepted entries

Total points

368

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

257

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ANALOGIZING
  • ANALOGIZING
  • GAZILLION
  • GAZILLION

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

7 pts

2%

Moving Up

18 pts

5%

Good

29 pts

8%

Solid

55 pts

15%

Nice

92 pts

25%

Great

147 pts

40%

Amazing

184 pts

50%

Genius

257 pts

70%

Queen Bee

368 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 20 words
  • again
  • aging
  • agog
  • agonizing
  • ailing
  • aioli
  • alga
  • algal
  • align
  • aligning
  • along
  • anal
  • analog
  • analogizing
  • analogizing
  • angina
  • angling
  • anion
  • annal
  • anon
G 21 words
  • gaga
  • gagging
  • gain
  • gaining
  • gala
  • galangal
  • gall
  • galling
  • gallon
  • gang
  • ganging
  • ganglia
  • gangling
  • ganglion
  • gazillion
  • gazillion
  • gazing
  • glazing
  • glia
  • goal
  • gonna
L 11 words
  • lagging
  • lagoon
  • lain
  • lanai
  • lanolin
  • lazing
  • llano
  • loan
  • loaning
  • loggia
  • longan
N 7 words
  • naan
  • nagging
  • nail
  • nailing
  • nana
  • nonagon
  • nonagonal
Z 5 words
  • zagging
  • zigzag
  • zigzagging
  • zinnia
  • zonal

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 12, 2025 uses the seven letters A, G, I, L, N, O, Z, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 64 accepted words for a total of 368 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 257 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

Spelling Bee december 12 2025 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough