Spelling Bee December 23, 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
42
Total points
183
Pangrams
2
Genius score
128
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DOCILITY
- DOCILITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
73 pts
40%
Amazing
91 pts
50%
Genius
128 pts
70%
Queen Bee
183 pts
100%
All accepted words
- city
- cocci
- codicil
- coil
- colic
- colloid
- cyclic
- diddly
- dildo
- dill
- dilly
- ditto
- ditty
- docility
- docility
- doily
- icily
- idiocy
- idiot
- idiotic
- idly
- idol
- idyl
- idyll
- idyllic
- illicit
- illicitly
- illy
- itty
- licit
- licitly
- lilt
- lily
- loci
- oddity
- oily
- olio
- tidily
- tidy
- till
- tilt
- toil
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, December 23, 2025 uses the seven letters C, D, I, L, O, T, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 183 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 128 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.