Spelling Bee December 20, 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: G
Puzzle stats
Total words
78
Total points
384
Pangrams
2
Genius score
268
Center letter
G
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MANGLED
- MANGLED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
19 pts
5%
Good
30 pts
8%
Solid
57 pts
15%
Nice
96 pts
25%
Great
153 pts
40%
Amazing
192 pts
50%
Genius
268 pts
70%
Queen Bee
384 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adage
- aged
- agenda
- agleam
- alga
- algae
- algal
- allege
- alleged
- amalgam
- angel
- angle
- angled
- damage
- damaged
- dang
- dangle
- dangled
- eagle
- eagled
- edge
- edged
- egad
- egged
- endgame
- engage
- engaged
- gadded
- gaga
- gage
- gagged
- gaggle
- gala
- galangal
- gale
- gall
- galled
- game
- gamed
- gamma
- gang
- ganged
- gangland
- geld
- gelded
- gelee
- gelled
- gene
- glad
- gladden
- gladdened
- glade
- glam
- gland
- gleam
- gleamed
- glean
- gleaned
- glee
- glen
- lagged
- ledge
- legal
- legend
- legged
- mage
- magma
- manage
- managed
- manga
- mange
- mangle
- mangled
- mangled
- mega
- megadeal
- melange
- nagged
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 20, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, E, G, L, M, N, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 78 accepted words for a total of 384 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 268 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.