Spelling Bee December 13, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
41
Total points
180
Pangrams
2
Genius score
125
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GROUNDOUT
- GROUNDOUT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
72 pts
40%
Amazing
90 pts
50%
Genius
126 pts
70%
Queen Bee
180 pts
100%
All accepted words
- donut
- dour
- drug
- dugong
- dugout
- dung
- dunno
- gourd
- gout
- ground
- groundout
- groundout
- grout
- grunt
- guru
- noun
- orotund
- outdo
- outdoor
- outgo
- outgun
- outro
- outrun
- rotgut
- rotund
- round
- rout
- rung
- runout
- runt
- tour
- tout
- trout
- turn
- turnout
- tutor
- tutu
- udon
- undo
- unground
- unto
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 13, 2025 uses the seven letters D, G, N, O, R, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 180 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 125 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.