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Spelling Bee April 17, 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: A

A
C
D
I
T
U
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

24

accepted entries

Total points

116

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

81

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • VIADUCT
  • VIADUCT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

17 pts

15%

Nice

29 pts

25%

Great

46 pts

40%

Amazing

58 pts

50%

Genius

81 pts

70%

Queen Bee

116 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 9 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acid
  • acidic
  • addict
  • adduct
  • attic
  • audit
  • avid
C 3 words
  • cacti
  • cava
  • cicada
D 6 words
  • data
  • dicta
  • didact
  • didactic
  • diva
  • ducat
T 4 words
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • taut
V 2 words
  • viaduct
  • viaduct

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 17, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, D, I, T, U, V, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 24 accepted words for a total of 116 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 81 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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