Spelling Bee April 11, 2025 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
54
Total points
296
Pangrams
4
Genius score
207
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HOLLOWING
- HOLLOWING
- HOWLING
- HOWLING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
23 pts
8%
Solid
44 pts
15%
Nice
74 pts
25%
Great
118 pts
40%
Amazing
148 pts
50%
Genius
207 pts
70%
Queen Bee
296 pts
100%
All accepted words
- gigolo
- glow
- glowing
- goggling
- going
- gong
- gonging
- googling
- googol
- goon
- gown
- gowning
- hogging
- holing
- hollow
- hollowing
- hollowing
- honing
- howl
- howling
- howling
- igloo
- lingo
- lion
- logging
- login
- logo
- loin
- loll
- lolling
- long
- longing
- loon
- lowing
- noggin
- nohow
- nonillion
- noon
- ogling
- oiling
- olio
- ongoing
- onion
- oolong
- owing
- owning
- willow
- winnow
- winnowing
- wino
- woohoo
- wooing
- wool
- wowing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 11, 2025 uses the seven letters G, H, I, L, N, O, W, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 296 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 207 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.