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Spelling Bee Answers for April 25, 2025

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

Words48
Pangrams3
Points possible281
Center letterT
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published April 25, 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.

IL
CTY
AM

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
23 pts
Good
43 pts
Solid
71 pts
Nice
113 pts
Great
141 pts
Amazing
197 pts
Genius
239 pts
Queen Bee
281 pts
Total words
48
Pangrams
3
Possible points
281

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 3 pangrams
climactically +20 ptsclimatically +19 ptscalamity +15 pts

The full word list

All 48 valid Spelling Bee solutions for April 25, 2025, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters13 words
alitcityittyliltmaltmitttacttailtalctalitalltilltilt
5 letters12 words
amityatiltatticcacticattylaitylicitlimitmaltytacittallytatty
6 letters5 words
italiclactictactictallittatami
7 letters7 words
catcallcattailcattilyillicitlicitlymilitiatacitly
8 letters3 words
calamityclimatictactical
9 letters4 words
catalyticclimacticillicitlytactility
10 letters1 word
tactically
12 letters1 word
climatically
13 letters2 words
catalyticallyclimactically

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.

climactically +20climatically +19calamity +15catalytically +13tactically +10

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for April 25, 2025 has 48 valid words for a total of 281 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 239 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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