NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 13, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | U |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, g, n, o, r, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 40 words |
| Total Points | 164 points |
| Genius Level | 115 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
Table of Contents
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- 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 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| G | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| N | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| R | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 7 |
| T | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| U | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | Σ | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DO×2 DR×1 DU×4 |
|---|---|
| G | GO×2 GR×4 GU×1 |
| N | NO×1 |
| O | OR×1 OU×6 |
| R | RO×4 RU×3 |
| T | TO×2 TR×1 TU×4 |
| U | UD×1 UN×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DON×1 DOU×1 DRU×1 DUG×2 DUN×2 |
|---|---|
| G | GOU×2 GRO×3 GRU×1 GUR×1 |
| N | NOU×1 |
| O | ORO×1 OUT×6 |
| R | ROT×2 ROU×2 RUN×3 |
| T | TOU×2 TRO×1 TUR×2 TUT×2 |
| U | UDO×1 UND×1 UNG×1 UNT×1 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| gr....... † | GR9 | Alternative form of ground out |
| do... | DO5 | A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, and mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, sometimes filled with jelly, custard or cream. |
| do.. | DO4 | Stern, harsh and forbidding. |
| dr.. | DR4 | A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose. |
| du.... | DU6 | A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the genus Dugong, found in tropical regions. |
| du.... | DU6 | A canoe made from a hollowed-out log. |
| du.. | DU4 | Manure; animal excrement. |
| du... | DU5 | Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know. |
| go... | GO5 | Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae). |
| go.. | GO4 | An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints. |
| gr.... | GR6 | The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground. |
| gr... | GR5 | A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry. |
| gr... | GR5 | A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak. |
| gu.. | GU4 | A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher. |
| no.. | NO4 | A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. |
| or..... | OR7 | Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound. |
| ou... | OU5 | To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass. |
| ou..... | OU7 | Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. |
| ou... | OU5 | To go out, to set forth. |
| ou.... | OU6 | To defeat in terms of firepower. |
| ou... | OU5 | A portion of music at the end of a song; like an intro, but at the end instead of the beginning. |
| ou.... | OU6 | To run faster than. |
| ro.... | RO6 | Raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor. |
| ro.... | RO6 | Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular. |
| ro... | RO5 | Of shape: Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular , a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone. |
| ru.. | RU4 | A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round. |
| ru.... | RU6 | Something that has been run out. |
| ru.. | RU4 | The smallest animal of a litter. |
| to.. | TO4 | A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. |
| to.. | TO4 | Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. |
| tr... | TR5 | Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once. |
| tu.. | TU4 | To make a non-linear physical movement. Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. |
| tu..... | TU7 | The act of coming forth. |
| tu... | TU5 | One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction. |
| tu.. | TU4 | A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting. |
| ud.. | UD4 | a Japanese wheat noodle |
| un.. | UN4 | To reverse the effects of an action. |
| un...... | UN8 | Not having been ground; unpulverized. |
| un.. | UN4 | Up to the time or degree that; until. |
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.
- groundout† (GR9)
- donut (DO5)
- dour (DO4)
- drug (DR4)
- dugong (DU6)
- dugout (DU6)
- dung (DU4)
- dunno (DU5)
- gourd (GO5)
- gout (GO4)
- ground (GR6)
- grout (GR5)
- grunt (GR5)
- guru (GU4)
- noun (NO4)
- orotund (OR7)
- outdo (OU5)
- outdoor (OU7)
- outgo (OU5)
- outgun (OU6)
- outro (OU5)
- outrun (OU6)
- rotgut (RO6)
- rotund (RO6)
- round (RO5)
- rout (RO4)
- rung (RU4)
- runout (RU6)
- runt (RU4)
- tour (TO4)
- tout (TO4)
- trout (TR5)
- turn (TU4)
- turnout (TU7)
- tutor (TU5)
- tutu (TU4)
- udon (UD4)
- undo (UN4)
- unground (UN8)
- unto (UN4)
Answer Definitions
- groundout† (noun): Alternative form of ground out
- donut (noun): A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, and mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, sometimes filled with jelly, custard or cream.
- dour (adjective): Stern, harsh and forbidding.
- drug (noun): A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
- dugong (noun): A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the genus Dugong, found in tropical regions.
- dugout (noun): A canoe made from a hollowed-out log.
- dung (noun): Manure; animal excrement.
- dunno (contraction): Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know.
- gourd (noun): Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
- gout (noun): An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
- ground (noun): The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- grout (noun): A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
- grunt (noun): A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
- guru (noun): A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.
- noun (noun): A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
- orotund (adjective): Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.
- outdo (verb): To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
- outdoor (adjective): Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.
- outgo (verb): To go out, to set forth.
- outgun (verb): To defeat in terms of firepower.
- outro (noun): A portion of music at the end of a song; like an intro, but at the end instead of the beginning.
- outrun (verb): To run faster than.
- rotgut (noun): Raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor.
- rotund (adjective): Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.
- round (adjective): Of shape: Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- rout (noun): A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular , a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
- rung (noun): A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
- runout (noun): Something that has been run out.
- runt (noun): The smallest animal of a litter.
- tour (noun): A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- tout (noun): Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
- trout (noun): Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
- turn (verb): To make a non-linear physical movement. Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- turnout (noun): The act of coming forth.
- tutor (noun): One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
- tutu (noun): A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
- udon (noun): a Japanese wheat noodle
- undo (verb): To reverse the effects of an action.
- unground (adjective): Not having been ground; unpulverized.
- unto (conjunction): Up to the time or degree that; until.