Spelling Bee December 19, 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: V
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
158
Pangrams
2
Genius score
110
Center letter
V
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PALLIATIVE
- PALLIATIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
23 pts
15%
Nice
39 pts
25%
Great
63 pts
40%
Amazing
79 pts
50%
Genius
110 pts
70%
Queen Bee
158 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alive
- alleviate
- appetitive
- avail
- aviate
- eave
- elevate
- evil
- lava
- lave
- leave
- levee
- level
- levitate
- live
- palliative
- palliative
- pave
- peeve
- titivate
- vale
- valet
- valve
- vape
- veal
- veep
- veil
- velvet
- vial
- vile
- villa
- vital
- vitiate
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 19, 2025 uses the seven letters A, E, I, L, P, T, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 158 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 110 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.