Spelling Bee April 22, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
254
Pangrams
2
Genius score
177
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXPECTANT
- EXPECTANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
101 pts
40%
Amazing
127 pts
50%
Genius
177 pts
70%
Queen Bee
254 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accent
- accept
- acceptance
- acetate
- ante
- antenna
- antennae
- cant
- cantata
- canteen
- catnap
- cent
- cetacean
- eaten
- enact
- entente
- exact
- exacta
- except
- expat
- expect
- expectant
- expectant
- extant
- extent
- natant
- neat
- neaten
- next
- pact
- pancetta
- pant
- pate
- patent
- patentee
- peat
- pennant
- pent
- pentane
- tacet
- tact
- tapa
- tape
- taxa
- teat
- teen
- teepee
- tenant
- tenet
- tent
- tepee
- text
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, April 22, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, E, N, P, T, X, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 254 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 177 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.