Word Hints

for NYT Spelling Bee — Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Letters from the NYT Spelling Bee puzzle — December 9, 2025

ABCNORL
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Word count + point totalHow many words, total points, and rank thresholds
Show the pangrams2 words using all 7 letters
Word counts by lengthHow many 4-letter, 5-letter words etc. — no words revealed
Words by first letterWord counts per starting letter
Full word listEvery word with point values — pangrams highlighted
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Word count + points
49
words
208
total points
145
for Genius
Rank thresholds
Queen Bee 208 pts
Genius 145 pts
Amazing 104 pts
Great 83 pts
Nice 52 pts
Solid 31 pts
Good 16 pts
Moving Up 10 pts
Good Start 4 pts
Beginner 0 pts
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Pangrams

2 words use all 7 letters.

1CORNBALL
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Words by length
20
4-letter
12
5-letter
7
6-letter
4
7-letter
4
8-letter
1
9-letter
1
10-letter
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Words by first letter

Word counts per starting letter. Full words revealed in the next section.

A
2 words
B
9 words
C
25 words
L
8 words
N
1 word
O
1 word
R
3 words
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All 49 words
ANAL1pt
ANNAL5pt
BALL1pt
BALLOON7pt
BANAL5pt
BLAB1pt
BLOB1pt
BLOC1pt
BOLA1pt
BOLL1pt
BOLO1pt
CABAL5pt
CABALA6pt
CALL1pt
CALLA5pt
CALLALOO8pt
CANAL5pt
CANNONBALL10pt
CANOLA6pt
CARNAL6pt
CAROL5pt
CLAN1pt
CLOACA6pt
COAL1pt
COLA1pt
COLCANNON9pt
COLLAB6pt
COLLAR6pt
COLON5pt
COLOR5pt
COOL1pt
CORAL5pt
CORNBALL15pt
COROLLA7pt
CORONAL7pt
CORRAL6pt
LABOR5pt
LLANO5pt
LOAN1pt
LOBO1pt
LOCAL5pt
LOCO1pt
LOLL1pt
LOON1pt
NONLOCAL8pt
ORAL1pt
ROBOCALL8pt
ROLL1pt
ROLLBAR7pt

Queen Bee! 🐝

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