Spelling Bee December 22, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
61
Total points
299
Pangrams
4
Genius score
209
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- KNUCKLED
- KNUCKLED
- CLUNKED
- CLUNKED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
23 pts
8%
Solid
44 pts
15%
Nice
74 pts
25%
Great
119 pts
40%
Amazing
149 pts
50%
Genius
209 pts
70%
Queen Bee
299 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cellule
- cluck
- clucked
- clue
- clued
- clunk
- clunked
- clunked
- cuddle
- cuddled
- cued
- cuke
- cull
- culled
- deduce
- deduced
- delude
- deluded
- denude
- denuded
- deuce
- duck
- ducked
- dude
- duel
- dueled
- duke
- duked
- dull
- dulled
- dunce
- dune
- dunk
- dunked
- dunned
- educe
- educed
- elude
- eluded
- endue
- endued
- knuckle
- knuckled
- knuckled
- kudu
- luck
- lucked
- lull
- lulled
- lulu
- lune
- lunk
- nude
- nuke
- nuked
- null
- ukulele
- unceded
- uncle
- undue
- unneeded
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 22, 2025 uses the seven letters C, D, E, K, L, N, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 299 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 209 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.