Spelling Bee December 25, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
27
Total points
108
Pangrams
2
Genius score
75
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PHOENIX
- PHOENIX
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
16 pts
15%
Nice
27 pts
25%
Great
43 pts
40%
Amazing
54 pts
50%
Genius
75 pts
70%
Queen Bee
108 pts
100%
All accepted words
- heinie
- hone
- innie
- nene
- neon
- nine
- ninepin
- none
- noon
- nope
- onion
- open
- opine
- opinion
- oxen
- peen
- penne
- peon
- phoenix
- phoenix
- phone
- phono
- pine
- pinion
- pippin
- pone
- xenon
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 25, 2025 uses the seven letters E, H, I, N, O, P, X, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 108 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 75 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.