Spelling Bee December 15, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
231
Pangrams
2
Genius score
161
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GUFFAWING
- GUFFAWING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
34 pts
15%
Nice
57 pts
25%
Great
92 pts
40%
Amazing
115 pts
50%
Genius
161 pts
70%
Queen Bee
231 pts
100%
All accepted words
- again
- aging
- angina
- awing
- awning
- fanning
- fawning
- fifing
- fining
- fungi
- gagging
- gain
- gaining
- ganging
- gauging
- gigging
- ginning
- gnawing
- guffawing
- guffawing
- gunning
- iguana
- inning
- nagging
- naif
- wagging
- waging
- waif
- waning
- wigging
- wigwag
- wigwagging
- wing
- winging
- wining
- winning
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 15, 2025 uses the seven letters A, F, G, I, N, U, W, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 231 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 161 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.