Spelling Bee December 29, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
58
Total points
372
Pangrams
6
Genius score
260
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DABBLING
- DABBLING
- BLADING
- BALDING
- BALDING
- BLADING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
29 pts
8%
Solid
55 pts
15%
Nice
93 pts
25%
Great
148 pts
40%
Amazing
186 pts
50%
Genius
260 pts
70%
Queen Bee
372 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abiding
- alibi
- baaing
- baba
- babbling
- badging
- bagging
- bail
- bailing
- bald
- balding
- balding
- baling
- ball
- ballad
- balling
- banal
- banana
- band
- bandaging
- bandana
- bandanna
- banding
- bang
- banging
- banning
- bidding
- biding
- bilabial
- bill
- billing
- bind
- bindi
- binding
- binging
- binning
- blab
- blabbing
- blading
- blading
- bland
- blin
- blind
- blinding
- bling
- blini
- dabbing
- dabbling
- dabbling
- gabbing
- gabbling
- gibing
- glib
- labia
- labial
- libidinal
- nabbing
- nibbling
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 29, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, D, G, I, L, N, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 58 accepted words for a total of 372 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 260 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.