Spelling Bee April 16, 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: G
Puzzle stats
Total words
61
Total points
301
Pangrams
2
Genius score
210
Center letter
G
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ELEGANTLY
- ELEGANTLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
45 pts
15%
Nice
75 pts
25%
Great
120 pts
40%
Amazing
150 pts
50%
Genius
210 pts
70%
Queen Bee
301 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agate
- agent
- aglet
- alga
- algae
- algal
- allege
- angel
- angle
- eagle
- eaglet
- eggy
- elegant
- elegantly
- elegantly
- elegy
- engage
- entangle
- gaga
- gage
- gaggle
- gala
- galangal
- gale
- galette
- gall
- gallant
- gallantly
- galley
- gang
- gangly
- gannet
- gate
- gayly
- gelee
- gelt
- gene
- gent
- genteel
- gentle
- gently
- glean
- glee
- glen
- gnat
- laggy
- lallygag
- legal
- legally
- legate
- legatee
- leggy
- naggy
- negate
- tang
- tangent
- tangle
- tangly
- tangy
- teenage
- yang
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 16, 2025 uses the seven letters A, E, G, L, N, T, Y, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 301 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 210 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.