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Spelling Bee Answers for March 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.

Words52
Pangrams3
Points possible269
Center letterR
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published March 25, 2025·3 min read

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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.

VI
LRT
YA

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
22 pts
Good
41 pts
Solid
68 pts
Nice
108 pts
Great
135 pts
Amazing
189 pts
Genius
229 pts
Queen Bee
269 pts
Total words
52
Pangrams
3
Possible points
269

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
triviality +17 ptstrivially +16 ptsvirality +15 pts

The full word list

All 52 valid Spelling Bee solutions for March 25, 2025, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters13 words
airyariaarilartylairliarlirarailrialrilltarttrayvary
5 letters17 words
altararrayatriaattarlarvaraitarallyrattyrivalriyaltarrytiaratrailtraittrialtrillviral
6 letters11 words
airilyatrialavataraviarylariatlarvalrarityrattlytartartartlytrivia
7 letters7 words
arrivalratatatrattailrivalrytravailtrivialvirally
8 letters2 words
viralityvirility
9 letters1 word
trivially
10 letters1 word
triviality

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.

triviality +17trivially +16virality +15virility +8arrival +7

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for March 25, 2025 has 52 valid words for a total of 269 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 229 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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