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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

A
C
O
R
T
U
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

58

accepted entries

Total points

279

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

195

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • AUTOCRACY
  • AUTOCRACY
  • CARRYOUT
  • CARRYOUT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 11 words
  • actor
  • actuator
  • aorta
  • arco
  • arroyo
  • attractor
  • aurora
  • auto
  • autocracy
  • autocracy
  • autocrat
C 13 words
  • cacao
  • carrot
  • carryout
  • carryout
  • coat
  • coca
  • cocoa
  • coot
  • court
  • croc
  • curacao
  • curator
  • cutout
O 7 words
  • oaty
  • occur
  • orator
  • oratory
  • orca
  • outcry
  • outro
R 8 words
  • roar
  • rococo
  • root
  • rotary
  • rotator
  • rotatory
  • rotor
  • rout
T 18 words
  • taco
  • taro
  • tarot
  • tattoo
  • toccata
  • toot
  • toro
  • tort
  • torta
  • tour
  • tout
  • tractor
  • trot
  • trout
  • troy
  • tryout
  • tutor
  • tyro
Y 1 word
  • 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.

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

Spelling Bee december 6 2025 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough