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December 11, 2025 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from December 11, 2025, including disallowed words.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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center letter YAELMOP
Spelling Bee for December 11, 2025

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Center letter M: May 5, 2024
Center letter O: August 13, 2022

words: 156
score: 735 pts
pangrams: 3
perfect: 1
bingo: yes

A x 20
E x 8
L x 19
M x 33
O x 6
P x 44
Y x 26

4L x 40
5L x 66
6L x 24
7L x 12
8L x 10
9L x 4

  4 5 6 7 8 9 tot
A 4 8 4 2 2 - 20
E 3 1 1 2 1 - 8
L 2 11 2 2 1 1 19
M 5 17 5 2 3 1 33
O 1 2 2 1 - - 6
P 7 21 9 3 2 2 44
Y 18 6 1 - 1 - 26
tot 40 66 24 12 10 4 156

MALEMPLOY, MAYPOLE, POLYLEMMA

word       length      
ALAMPY 6
ALEY 4
ALLAY 5
ALLEY 5
ALLEYOOP 8
ALLOY 5
ALLY 4
ALLYL 5
ALMAMY 6
AMPALAYA 8
AMPLY 5
AMYL 4
AMYLOME 7
APELY 5
APOPYLE 7
APPLEY 6
APPLY 5
APPY 4
AYEAYE 6
AYELP 5
EELY 4
ELAYL 5
ELMY 4
EMPLOY 6
EMPLOYE 7
EMPLOYEE 8
EMPYEMA 7
EPPY 4
LALLY 5
LAMELY 6
LAMMY 5
LAOYA 5
LAPPY 5
LAYA 4
LAYPEOPLE 9
LEALLY 6
LEPPY 5
LOAMY 5
LOLLOPY 7
LOLLY 5
LOLLYPOP 8
LOOEY 5
LOOPY 5
LOPPY 5
LOYAL 5
LOYALLY 7
LYME 4
MALEMPLOY 9 pangram
MALEYL 6
MALMY 5
MAMEY 5
MAMMEY 6
MAMPY 5
MAPLEY 6
MAPLY 5
MAYA 4
MAYAPPLE 8
MAYO 4
MAYPOLE 7 perfect pangram
MAYPOP 6
MEALY 5
MELLAY 6
MEMEY 5
MOLLY 5
MOLY 4
MOMLY 5
MOMMY 5
MOOEY 5
MOPEY 5
MOPPY 5
MOPY 4
MOYAMOYA 8
MOYLE 5
MYAL 4
MYALL 5
MYELOMA 7
MYOLEMMA 8
MYOMA 5
MYOPE 5
MYOPY 5
OLAY 4
OLEOYL 6
OLEYL 5
OLLAY 5
OPALEYE 7
OYAMEL 6
PALAY 5
PALAYAM 7
PALELY 6
PALLY 5
PALMY 5
PALY 4
PAPALLY 7
PAPAYA 6
PAPPY 5
PAYA 4
PAYAM 5
PAYAO 5
PAYEE 5
PAYOLA 6
PEEOY 5
PEEPY 5
PEPPY 5
PLAY 4
PLAYA 5
PLOPPY 6
PLOY 4
POLEY 5
POLLY 5
POLY 4
POLYALLYL 9
POLYAM 6
POLYLEMMA 9 pangram
POLYMELY 8
POLYOL 6
POLYOMA 7
POLYP 5
POLYPOLY 8
POMEY 5
POMMY 5
POMPEY 6
POOEY 5
POOPY 5
POPEYE 6
POPPLY 6
POPPY 5
POYO 4
PYELO 5
PYLA 4
PYLAE 5
YALE 4
YAMAMOMO 8
YAMP 4
YAMPA 5
YAMPE 5
YAMPEE 6
YAMPY 5
YAPP 4
YAPPY 5
YAYA 4
YAYO 4
YEALM 5
YEEP 4
YELL 4
YELM 4
YELP 4
YELPY 5
YLEM 4
YOAL 4
YOLA 4
YOLE 4
YOLO 4
YOMP 4
YOOP 4
YOPO 4
YOYO 4

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