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Spelling Bee April 18, 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

I
L
M
N
O
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

49

accepted entries

Total points

195

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

136

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MULTIMILLION
  • MULTIMILLION

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

29 pts

15%

Nice

48 pts

25%

Great

78 pts

40%

Amazing

97 pts

50%

Genius

136 pts

70%

Queen Bee

195 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
I 2 words
  • into
  • intuition
L 10 words
  • limo
  • lion
  • loin
  • loll
  • loom
  • loon
  • loot
  • lotion
  • lotto
  • lout
M 17 words
  • million
  • minion
  • moil
  • moll
  • molt
  • mono
  • moon
  • moonlit
  • moot
  • motion
  • motto
  • mount
  • mullion
  • multimillion
  • multimillion
  • munition
  • mutton
N 5 words
  • nonillion
  • nonunion
  • noon
  • notion
  • noun
O 4 words
  • olio
  • omit
  • onion
  • onto
T 8 words
  • toil
  • toll
  • tomtit
  • tool
  • toon
  • toot
  • tout
  • tuition
U 3 words
  • union
  • unmount
  • unto

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 18, 2025 uses the seven letters I, L, M, N, O, T, U, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 195 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 136 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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