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Spelling Bee Answers for April 25, 2024

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

Words40
Pangrams1
Points possible163
Center letterE
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published April 25, 2024·3 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.

YT
HEB
LI

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
14 pts
Good
25 pts
Solid
41 pts
Nice
66 pts
Great
82 pts
Amazing
115 pts
Genius
139 pts
Queen Bee
163 pts
Total words
40
Pangrams
1
Possible points
163

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
blithely +15 pts

The full word list

All 40 valid Spelling Bee solutions for April 25, 2024, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters16 words
beetbellbeltbilebitebyteeelyheelhelllitetelltheetheytileyellyeti
5 letters12 words
beliebellebellybetelbibleeliteethyllibellitheteethtithetitle
6 letters7 words
beetlebilletblitheeyeletlittleteethetittle
7 letters2 words
libeleelithely
8 letters3 words
belittleblithelyeyeteeth

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.

blithely +15belittle +8eyeteeth +8libelee +7lithely +7

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for April 25, 2024 has 40 valid words for a total of 163 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 139 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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