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Spelling Bee Answers for December 10, 2025

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words57
Pangrams2
Points possible297
Center letterG
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published December 10, 2025·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

IL
EGA
YT

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
24 pts
Good
45 pts
Solid
75 pts
Nice
119 pts
Great
149 pts
Amazing
208 pts
Genius
253 pts
Queen Bee
297 pts
Total words
57
Pangrams
2
Possible points
297

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 2 pangrams
illegality +17 ptslegality +15 pts

The full word list

All 57 valid Spelling Bee solutions for December 10, 2025, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters14 words
algaeggygagagagegaitgalagalegallgategeltgillgiltgleeglia
5 letters17 words
agateagileagitaagletalgaealgaleagleelegygailygaylygeleelaggylegalleggylegitliegetaiga
6 letters11 words
allegeeagletgagglegaietygalleygayetygelatigigglegigglylegateligate
7 letters8 words
agilelyagilityagitategaletteillegallegallylegateetillage
8 letters4 words
lallygaglegalitylitigatetailgate
9 letters1 word
illegally
10 letters1 word
illegality
11 letters1 word
tagliatelle

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

illegality +17legality +15tagliatelle +11illegally +9lallygag +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for December 10, 2025 has 57 valid words for a total of 297 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 253 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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