Spelling Bee April 3, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
22
Total points
149
Pangrams
2
Genius score
104
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WHININGLY
- WHININGLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
37 pts
25%
Great
59 pts
40%
Amazing
74 pts
50%
Genius
104 pts
70%
Queen Bee
149 pts
100%
All accepted words
- whiling
- whinging
- whining
- whiningly
- whiningly
- whinny
- whinnying
- whiny
- wigging
- wiggling
- wiggly
- wiggy
- will
- willing
- willingly
- wily
- wing
- winging
- wining
- winning
- winningly
- winy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 3, 2025 uses the seven letters G, H, I, L, N, W, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 22 accepted words for a total of 149 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 104 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.