Spelling Bee December 26, 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
38
Total points
187
Pangrams
2
Genius score
130
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ADJACENCY
- ADJACENCY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
93 pts
50%
Genius
130 pts
70%
Queen Bee
187 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acne
- addend
- addenda
- adjacency
- adjacency
- cadence
- cancan
- candy
- cane
- caned
- canna
- canned
- canny
- cayenne
- cyan
- dance
- danced
- dandy
- deaden
- deadened
- dean
- decadence
- decency
- deny
- dyne
- ended
- ennead
- jean
- jenny
- naan
- nada
- nana
- nanny
- need
- needed
- needy
- nene
- yenned
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 26, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, J, N, Y, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 187 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 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.