Spelling Bee December 7, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
229
Pangrams
2
Genius score
160
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- THRILLING
- THRILLING
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
57 pts
25%
Great
91 pts
40%
Amazing
114 pts
50%
Genius
160 pts
70%
Queen Bee
229 pts
100%
All accepted words
- giggling
- gill
- gilling
- gilt
- girl
- glint
- glinting
- grill
- grilling
- highlight
- highlighting
- hill
- hilling
- hilt
- light
- lighting
- lightning
- lilt
- lilting
- lining
- lint
- niggling
- nightlight
- riling
- rill
- thrill
- thrilling
- thrilling
- tiling
- till
- tilling
- tilt
- tilth
- tilting
- tingling
- titling
- trill
- trilling
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, December 7, 2025 uses the seven letters G, H, I, L, N, R, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 229 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 160 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.