Spelling Bee April 21, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
300
Pangrams
6
Genius score
210
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PARAGRAPHING
- PARAGRAPHING
- GRAPHING
- GRAPHING
- HARPING
- HARPING
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
300 pts
100%
All accepted words
- apian
- aping
- gaping
- graph
- graphing
- graphing
- grappa
- grip
- griping
- gripping
- hairpin
- harp
- harping
- harping
- napping
- nipping
- pagan
- paging
- pain
- paining
- pair
- pairing
- pang
- panini
- panning
- papa
- paragraph
- paragraphing
- paragraphing
- pariah
- paring
- pigging
- ping
- pinging
- pining
- pinning
- piping
- pippin
- piranha
- prig
- rapini
- rapping
- riparian
- ripping
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, April 21, 2025 uses the seven letters A, G, H, I, N, P, R, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 300 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 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.