Spelling Bee December 2, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
54
Total points
259
Pangrams
2
Genius score
181
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHALKED
- CHALKED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
64 pts
25%
Great
103 pts
40%
Amazing
129 pts
50%
Genius
181 pts
70%
Queen Bee
259 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accede
- acceded
- aced
- ache
- ached
- alack
- cache
- cached
- cackle
- cackled
- cake
- caked
- call
- calla
- called
- cede
- ceded
- cell
- celled
- chad
- chalk
- chalked
- chalked
- challah
- check
- checked
- cheek
- clack
- clacked
- clad
- clade
- dacha
- decade
- decal
- deck
- decked
- deckle
- each
- hack
- hacked
- hackle
- headache
- heck
- heckle
- heckled
- lace
- laced
- lack
- lacked
- leach
- leached
- lech
- leech
- leeched
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 2, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, H, K, L, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 259 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 181 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.