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Spelling Bee Answers for April 24, 2025

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words29
Pangrams1
Points possible100
Center letterM
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published April 24, 2025·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

TE
AMB
GY

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
8 pts
Good
15 pts
Solid
25 pts
Nice
40 pts
Great
50 pts
Amazing
70 pts
Genius
85 pts
Queen Bee
100 pts
Total words
29
Pangrams
1
Possible points
100

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 1 pangram
megabyte +15 pts

The full word list

All 29 valid Spelling Bee solutions for April 24, 2025, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters15 words
beamgamegamymagemamamatemeatmeetmegamememetametetameteamteem
5 letters10 words
amebabegemgammamagmamambamammamateymattemaybemeaty
6 letters2 words
amebaegamete
8 letters2 words
megabyteteammate

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

megabyte +15teammate +8amebae +6gamete +6ameba +5

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for April 24, 2025 has 29 valid words for a total of 100 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 85 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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