Spelling Bee December 16, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
70
Total points
311
Pangrams
2
Genius score
217
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HAWTHORN
- HAWTHORN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
46 pts
15%
Nice
77 pts
25%
Great
124 pts
40%
Amazing
155 pts
50%
Genius
217 pts
70%
Queen Bee
311 pts
100%
All accepted words
- annatto
- annotator
- aorta
- arhat
- arrant
- arrowroot
- athwart
- attar
- hart
- hath
- hatha
- hawthorn
- hawthorn
- hoot
- narrator
- natant
- nonart
- north
- notator
- oath
- onto
- orator
- rant
- ratatat
- rattan
- root
- rotator
- rotor
- tantara
- tantra
- taro
- tarot
- tart
- tartan
- tartar
- tattoo
- than
- that
- thaw
- thorn
- throat
- throw
- thrown
- thwart
- toon
- toot
- tooth
- torah
- torn
- toro
- tort
- torta
- town
- trot
- troth
- want
- wanton
- warrant
- warrantor
- wart
- watt
- what
- whatnot
- wont
- wonton
- woot
- wort
- worth
- wrath
- wroth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 16, 2025 uses the seven letters A, H, N, O, R, T, W, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 70 accepted words for a total of 311 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 217 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.