Spelling Bee December 31, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
29
Total points
109
Pangrams
2
Genius score
76
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FACTOTUM
- FACTOTUM
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
76 pts
70%
Queen Bee
109 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afoot
- atom
- auto
- automat
- automata
- coat
- coot
- cutoff
- cutout
- fact
- factotum
- factotum
- foot
- moat
- moot
- motto
- mutt
- taco
- tact
- tattoo
- taut
- toccata
- tofu
- tomato
- tomcat
- toot
- tout
- tuft
- tutu
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 31, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, F, M, O, T, U, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 109 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 76 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.