Spelling Bee December 8, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
29
Total points
117
Pangrams
2
Genius score
81
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BAPTIZE
- BAPTIZE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
17 pts
15%
Nice
29 pts
25%
Great
46 pts
40%
Amazing
58 pts
50%
Genius
81 pts
70%
Queen Bee
117 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abate
- abet
- appetite
- appetize
- baba
- babe
- bait
- baize
- baptize
- baptize
- bate
- beat
- beta
- papa
- pate
- peat
- pepita
- piazza
- pita
- pitapat
- pizazz
- pizza
- pizzazz
- tapa
- tape
- teat
- tibia
- tibiae
- zeta
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, December 8, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, E, I, P, T, Z, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 117 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 81 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.