Spelling Bee December 4, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
51
Total points
232
Pangrams
2
Genius score
162
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXALTEDLY
- EXALTEDLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
34 pts
15%
Nice
58 pts
25%
Great
92 pts
40%
Amazing
116 pts
50%
Genius
162 pts
70%
Queen Bee
232 pts
100%
All accepted words
- added
- addle
- addled
- allayed
- axed
- axled
- daddy
- dale
- dally
- data
- date
- dated
- dead
- deadeye
- deadly
- deal
- dealt
- deed
- deeded
- delay
- delayed
- delete
- deleted
- dell
- delt
- delta
- dyad
- dyed
- eddy
- elated
- elatedly
- exalted
- exaltedly
- exaltedly
- eyed
- lade
- laded
- ladle
- ladled
- lady
- lead
- leaded
- lede
- tatted
- tattled
- taxed
- teddy
- teed
- telexed
- texted
- yelled
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, December 4, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, E, L, T, X, Y, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 232 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 162 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.