Spelling Bee April 20, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
121
Pangrams
2
Genius score
84
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BOXLIKE
- BOXLIKE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
30 pts
25%
Great
48 pts
40%
Amazing
60 pts
50%
Genius
84 pts
70%
Queen Bee
121 pts
100%
All accepted words
- belie
- bell
- belle
- bible
- bile
- bilk
- bill
- blob
- bloke
- bobble
- boil
- boll
- bollix
- bolo
- boxlike
- boxlike
- exile
- keel
- kibble
- kill
- kilo
- leek
- libel
- libelee
- like
- lobe
- lobo
- loll
- look
- lookbook
- oleo
- olio
- ollie
- oxlike
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, April 20, 2025 uses the seven letters B, E, I, K, L, O, X, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 121 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 84 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.