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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

A
B
D
G
I
L
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

58

accepted entries

Total points

372

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

260

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DABBLING
  • DABBLING
  • BLADING
  • BALDING
  • BALDING
  • BLADING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • abiding
  • alibi
B 44 words
  • 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
D 3 words
  • dabbing
  • dabbling
  • dabbling
G 4 words
  • gabbing
  • gabbling
  • gibing
  • glib
L 3 words
  • labia
  • labial
  • libidinal
N 2 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

Spelling Bee december 29 2025 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough