Spelling Bee April 12, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
64
Total points
318
Pangrams
2
Genius score
222
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LIFEBLOOD
- LIFEBLOOD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
127 pts
40%
Amazing
159 pts
50%
Genius
222 pts
70%
Queen Bee
318 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bedded
- beef
- beefed
- befell
- belie
- belied
- belief
- bell
- belle
- belled
- bellied
- bible
- bide
- bided
- biff
- biffed
- bifold
- bile
- bill
- billed
- billfold
- bled
- bleed
- blob
- blobbed
- blood
- blooded
- bloodied
- bobbed
- bobble
- bobbled
- bode
- boded
- bodied
- boffo
- boil
- boiled
- bold
- bolded
- boll
- bolo
- boob
- booboo
- boodle
- booed
- doobie
- ebbed
- edible
- feeble
- fibbed
- fobbed
- foible
- libel
- libeled
- libelee
- libido
- lifeblood
- lifeblood
- lobbed
- lobbied
- lobe
- lobed
- lobo
- oboe
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 12, 2025 uses the seven letters B, D, E, F, I, L, O, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 64 accepted words for a total of 318 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 222 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.