Spelling Bee December 18, 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
177
Pangrams
4
Genius score
123
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNBELIEF
- UNBELIEF
- BLUEFIN
- BLUEFIN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
44 pts
25%
Great
70 pts
40%
Amazing
88 pts
50%
Genius
123 pts
70%
Queen Bee
177 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beeline
- belie
- belief
- bible
- biff
- bile
- bill
- blin
- blini
- bluefin
- bluefin
- elfin
- ennui
- feline
- fief
- fife
- file
- fill
- fine
- fulfill
- infill
- innie
- libel
- libelee
- lien
- lieu
- life
- lifeline
- line
- linen
- nibble
- nine
- nubbin
- nubile
- unbelief
- unbelief
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 18, 2025 uses the seven letters B, E, F, I, L, N, U, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 177 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 123 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.