Spelling Bee December 5, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
235
Pangrams
4
Genius score
164
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- AMBIENCE
- AMBIANCE
- AMBIANCE
- AMBIENCE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
58 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
117 pts
50%
Genius
164 pts
70%
Queen Bee
235 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acme
- acne
- ambiance
- ambiance
- ambience
- ambience
- ameba
- amebae
- amebic
- amen
- anemia
- anemic
- anime
- babe
- bane
- beam
- bean
- beanie
- became
- been
- biennia
- cabbie
- came
- cane
- canine
- cinema
- emcee
- eminence
- enema
- iceman
- icemen
- imbibe
- imminence
- inane
- innie
- mace
- mane
- mean
- meanie
- mecca
- meme
- menace
- mice
- mien
- mime
- mince
- mine
- name
- nene
- nice
- niece
- nine
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 5, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, I, M, N, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 235 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 164 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.