NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 24, 2025

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 24, 2025 puts P in the center, with A, G, I, N, R, W around it. There are 79 valid words. It plays like a Hard puzzle.

Try the hive yourself first if you want, then use the list below to catch what you missed. Every word includes P. Tap a word for a short definition.

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79Words

460Points

322Genius

5Pangrams

Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Tap a hive letter to show words that start with it. Tap it again to clear. Every word includes P.

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

10-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterP

Vowels2

Rare lettersNone

Words79

Points460

Pangrams5

Longest word10

Average length6.0

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 322 points. Queen Bee is 460.

Your score Genius · 138 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start9

Moving Up23

Good37

Solid69

Nice115

Great184

Amazing230

322Genius322

Queen Bee460

Letter Distribution

How many words start with each letter. Tap a letter to mark those words in the list above.

Points by Word Length

Where the 460 points of this puzzle sit. Tap a row to open that length in the answer list.

Pangram Breakdown

INWRAPPING

10 letters 17 points 3 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2, N ×2, P ×2

PARAWING

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2

PRAWNING

8 letters 15 points 2 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2

WARPING

7 letters 14 points 2 vowels 5 consonants

WRAPPING

8 letters 15 points 2 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: P ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 380 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 58th percentile

Total points 76th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	79	74.7	154	18
Points	460	359.1	892	60
Pangrams	5	2.08	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The December 24, 2025 hive put P in the center with A, G, I, N, R, W around it. Queen Bee needed all 79 words (460 points). Genius sat at 322.

Pangrams on this date: INWRAPPING, PARAWING, PRAWNING, WARPING, WRAPPING. Top starting letters: P (47), R (9). Longest accepted word: 10 letters. Difficulty: Hard.