Spelling Bee December 3, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
30
Total points
135
Pangrams
2
Genius score
94
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MATCHUP
- MATCHUP
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
33 pts
25%
Great
54 pts
40%
Amazing
67 pts
50%
Genius
94 pts
70%
Queen Bee
135 pts
100%
All accepted words
- attach
- captcha
- catch
- catchup
- champ
- chap
- chat
- chum
- chump
- chuppah
- hatch
- hath
- hatha
- hump
- humph
- hutch
- mahatma
- match
- matcha
- matchup
- matchup
- math
- much
- patch
- path
- phat
- tach
- that
- thatch
- thump
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 3, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, H, M, P, T, U, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 30 accepted words for a total of 135 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 94 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.