Spelling Bee April 25, 2026 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
62
Total points
265
Pangrams
4
Genius score
185
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OENOPHILE
- OENOPHILE
- PINHOLE
- PINHOLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
66 pts
25%
Great
106 pts
40%
Amazing
132 pts
50%
Genius
185 pts
70%
Queen Bee
265 pts
100%
All accepted words
- elope
- hellhole
- hellion
- hello
- hippo
- hole
- hone
- hoop
- hoopoe
- hope
- leonine
- lion
- lipo
- loin
- loll
- lollipop
- lollop
- lone
- loon
- loonie
- loop
- loophole
- lope
- neon
- noel
- none
- nonillion
- noon
- nope
- oenophile
- oenophile
- oleo
- olio
- ollie
- onion
- online
- open
- opine
- opinion
- peephole
- peon
- people
- phenol
- phone
- phono
- piehole
- pillion
- pinhole
- pinhole
- pinion
- plop
- pole
- polio
- poll
- pollen
- polo
- pone
- pooh
- pool
- poop
- pope
- poplin
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 25, 2026 uses the seven letters E, H, I, L, N, O, P, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 265 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 185 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.