Spelling Bee December 6, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
58
Total points
279
Pangrams
4
Genius score
195
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- AUTOCRACY
- AUTOCRACY
- CARRYOUT
- CARRYOUT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
69 pts
25%
Great
111 pts
40%
Amazing
139 pts
50%
Genius
195 pts
70%
Queen Bee
279 pts
100%
All accepted words
- actor
- actuator
- aorta
- arco
- arroyo
- attractor
- aurora
- auto
- autocracy
- autocracy
- autocrat
- cacao
- carrot
- carryout
- carryout
- coat
- coca
- cocoa
- coot
- court
- croc
- curacao
- curator
- cutout
- oaty
- occur
- orator
- oratory
- orca
- outcry
- outro
- roar
- rococo
- root
- rotary
- rotator
- rotatory
- rotor
- rout
- taco
- taro
- tarot
- tattoo
- toccata
- toot
- toro
- tort
- torta
- tour
- tout
- tractor
- trot
- trout
- troy
- tryout
- tutor
- tyro
- your
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, December 6, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, O, R, T, U, Y, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 58 accepted words for a total of 279 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 195 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.