Spelling Bee December 17, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
166
Pangrams
2
Genius score
116
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PLAUDIT
- PLAUDIT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
83 pts
50%
Genius
116 pts
70%
Queen Bee
166 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adapt
- appall
- applaud
- lipid
- paid
- pail
- palapa
- palatal
- palatial
- pall
- pallid
- palp
- papa
- papal
- papilla
- pill
- pipit
- pita
- pitapat
- plaid
- plait
- plat
- plaudit
- plaudit
- puli
- pull
- pulp
- pulpit
- pupa
- pupal
- pupil
- putt
- tapa
- tilapia
- tipi
- tulip
- uplit
- uptilt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 17, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, P, T, U, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 166 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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.