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
Puzzle stats
Total words
64
Total points
368
Pangrams
4
Genius score
257
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANALOGIZING
- ANALOGIZING
- GAZILLION
- GAZILLION
Rank thresholds
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
- again
- aging
- agog
- agonizing
- ailing
- aioli
- alga
- algal
- align
- aligning
- along
- anal
- analog
- analogizing
- analogizing
- angina
- angling
- anion
- annal
- anon
- gaga
- gagging
- gain
- gaining
- gala
- galangal
- gall
- galling
- gallon
- gang
- ganging
- ganglia
- gangling
- ganglion
- gazillion
- gazillion
- gazing
- glazing
- glia
- goal
- gonna
- lagging
- lagoon
- lain
- lanai
- lanolin
- lazing
- llano
- loan
- loaning
- loggia
- longan
- naan
- nagging
- nail
- nailing
- nana
- nonagon
- nonagonal
- 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.