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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

B
D
E
F
I
L
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

64

accepted entries

Total points

318

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

222

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LIFEBLOOD
  • LIFEBLOOD

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
B 45 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
D 1 word
  • doobie
E 2 words
  • ebbed
  • edible
F 4 words
  • feeble
  • fibbed
  • fobbed
  • foible
L 11 words
  • libel
  • libeled
  • libelee
  • libido
  • lifeblood
  • lifeblood
  • lobbed
  • lobbied
  • lobe
  • lobed
  • lobo
O 1 word
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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