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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

A
C
F
M
O
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

29

accepted entries

Total points

109

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

76

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FACTOTUM
  • FACTOTUM

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • afoot
  • atom
  • auto
  • automat
  • automata
C 4 words
  • coat
  • coot
  • cutoff
  • cutout
F 4 words
  • fact
  • factotum
  • factotum
  • foot
M 4 words
  • moat
  • moot
  • motto
  • mutt
T 12 words
  • 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.

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

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