Spelling Bee April 23, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
55
Total points
273
Pangrams
2
Genius score
191
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DUCTILE
- DUCTILE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
68 pts
25%
Great
109 pts
40%
Amazing
136 pts
50%
Genius
191 pts
70%
Queen Bee
273 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cellule
- cellulite
- clue
- clued
- cuddle
- cuddled
- cued
- cull
- culled
- cult
- cultic
- cute
- cuticle
- cutie
- cutlet
- cuttle
- deduce
- deduced
- deduct
- deducted
- delude
- deluded
- deuce
- dilute
- diluted
- duct
- ducted
- ductile
- ductile
- dude
- duel
- dueled
- duet
- duetted
- dulcet
- dull
- dulled
- educe
- educed
- elude
- eluded
- etude
- lettuce
- lieu
- lucid
- lull
- lulled
- lulu
- lute
- tulle
- tutee
- tutted
- tutti
- tutu
- utile
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 23, 2025 uses the seven letters C, D, E, I, L, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 273 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 191 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.