NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 2, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | C |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, h, k, l |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 53 words |
| Total Points | 245 points |
| Genius Level | 172 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- Answer Definitions
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Spelling Bee Grid
The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| C | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | - | 24 |
| D | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 6 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| H | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| K | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 9 | Σ | 15 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 53 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×5 AL×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×9 CE×4 CH×7 CL×4 |
| D | DA×1 DE×5 |
| E | EA×1 |
| H | HA×3 HE×4 |
| K | |
| L | LA×4 LE×5 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACC×2 ACE×1 ACH×2 ALA×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAC×4 CAK×2 CAL×3 CED×2 CEL×2 CHA×4 CHE×3 CLA×4 |
| D | DAC×1 DEC×5 |
| E | EAC×1 |
| H | HAC×3 HEA×1 HEC×3 |
| K | |
| L | LAC×4 LEA×2 LEC×1 LEE×2 |
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)
The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.
Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.
Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| ch..... † | CH7 | simple past tense and past participle of chalk |
| ac.... | AC6 | To approach; to arrive, to come forward. |
| ac..... | AC7 | simple past tense and past participle of accede |
| ac.. | AC4 | simple past tense and past participle of ace |
| ac.. | AC4 | To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. |
| ac... | AC5 | simple past tense and past participle of ache |
| al... | AL5 | An expression of sorrow or mourning. |
| ca... | CA5 | A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way. |
| ca.... | CA6 | simple past tense and past participle of cache |
| ca.... | CA6 | The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg. |
| ca..... | CA7 | simple past tense and past participle of cackle |
| ca.. | CA4 | A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing. |
| ca... | CA5 | simple past tense and past participle of cake |
| ca.. | CA4 | A telephone conversation; a phone call. |
| ca... | CA5 | A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe. |
| ca.... | CA6 | simple past tense and past participle of call |
| ce.. | CE4 | To give up; yield to another. |
| ce... | CE5 | simple past tense and past participle of cede |
| ce.. | CE4 | A single-room dwelling for a hermit. |
| ce.... | CE6 | Containing cells; cellular. |
| ch.. | CH4 | Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc. |
| ch... | CH5 | A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3). |
| ch..... | CH7 | A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov. |
| ch... | CH5 | A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece. |
| ch..... | CH7 | Having a pattern of checks; checkered. |
| ch... | CH5 | The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity. |
| cl... | CL5 | An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk. |
| cl..... | CL7 | simple past tense and past participle of clack |
| cl.. | CL4 | simple past tense and past participle of clothe |
| cl... | CL5 | A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species. |
| da... | DA5 | A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside. |
| de.... | DE6 | A group, set, or series of ten , particularly: |
| de... | DE5 | A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily. |
| de.. | DE4 | Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deck |
| de.... | DE6 | A frame or edge which limits the pulp and, consequently, the size of the resulting paper. |
| ea.. | EA4 | All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every). |
| ha.. | HA4 | To chop or cut down in a rough manner. |
| ha.... | HA6 | simple past tense and past participle of hack |
| ha.... | HA6 | An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. |
| he...... | HE8 | A pain or ache in the head. |
| he.. | HE4 | Hell. |
| he.... | HE6 | To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses. |
| he..... | HE7 | simple past tense and past participle of heckle |
| la.. | LA4 | A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. |
| la... | LA5 | Fastened or adorned with lace. |
| la.. | LA4 | A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want. |
| la.... | LA6 | simple past tense and past participle of lack |
| le... | LE5 | A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. |
| le..... | LE7 | simple past tense and past participle of leach |
| le.. | LE4 | A strong, lecherous desire or craving. |
| le... | LE5 | An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. |
| le..... | LE7 | simple past tense and past participle of leech |
Today's Complete Solution
The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.
Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.
- chalked† (CH7)
- accede (AC6)
- acceded (AC7)
- aced (AC4)
- ache (AC4)
- ached (AC5)
- alack (AL5)
- cache (CA5)
- cached (CA6)
- cackle (CA6)
- cackled (CA7)
- cake (CA4)
- caked (CA5)
- call (CA4)
- calla (CA5)
- called (CA6)
- cede (CE4)
- ceded (CE5)
- cell (CE4)
- celled (CE6)
- chad (CH4)
- chalk (CH5)
- challah (CH7)
- check (CH5)
- checked (CH7)
- cheek (CH5)
- clack (CL5)
- clacked (CL7)
- clad (CL4)
- clade (CL5)
- dacha (DA5)
- decade (DE6)
- decal (DE5)
- deck (DE4)
- decked (DE6)
- deckle (DE6)
- each (EA4)
- hack (HA4)
- hacked (HA6)
- hackle (HA6)
- headache (HE8)
- heck (HE4)
- heckle (HE6)
- heckled (HE7)
- lace (LA4)
- laced (LA5)
- lack (LA4)
- lacked (LA6)
- leach (LE5)
- leached (LE7)
- lech (LE4)
- leech (LE5)
- leeched (LE7)
Answer Definitions
- chalked† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of chalk
- accede (verb): To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
- acceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of accede
- aced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ace
- ache (verb): To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- ached (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ache
- alack (interjection): An expression of sorrow or mourning.
- cache (noun): A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
- cached (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cache
- cackle (noun): The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
- cackled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cackle
- cake (noun): A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
- caked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cake
- call (noun): A telephone conversation; a phone call.
- calla (noun): A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
- called (verb): simple past tense and past participle of call
- cede (verb): To give up; yield to another.
- ceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cede
- cell (noun): A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
- celled (adjective): Containing cells; cellular.
- chad (noun): Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
- chalk (noun): A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).
- challah (noun): A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
- check (noun): A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- checked (adjective): Having a pattern of checks; checkered.
- cheek (noun): The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
- clack (noun): An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
- clacked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of clack
- clad (verb): simple past tense and past participle of clothe
- clade (noun): A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.
- dacha (noun): A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.
- decade (noun): A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:
- decal (noun): A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
- deck (noun): Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- decked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deck
- deckle (noun): A frame or edge which limits the pulp and, consequently, the size of the resulting paper.
- each (determiner): All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
- hack (verb): To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- hacked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hack
- hackle (noun): An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
- headache (noun): A pain or ache in the head.
- heck (interjection): Hell.
- heckle (verb): To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
- heckled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of heckle
- lace (noun): A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
- laced (adjective): Fastened or adorned with lace.
- lack (noun): A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
- lacked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lack
- leach (noun): A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- leached (verb): simple past tense and past participle of leach
- lech (noun): A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
- leech (noun): An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- leeched (verb): simple past tense and past participle of leech