Spelling Bee April 30, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
66
Total points
363
Pangrams
4
Genius score
254
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DIAGONAL
- DIAGONAL
- LOADING
- LOADING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
29 pts
8%
Solid
54 pts
15%
Nice
90 pts
25%
Great
145 pts
40%
Amazing
181 pts
50%
Genius
254 pts
70%
Queen Bee
363 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adagio
- adding
- addling
- aiding
- dandling
- dang
- dangling
- diagonal
- diagonal
- dial
- dialing
- dialog
- diddling
- digging
- dildo
- dill
- ding
- dinging
- dingo
- dining
- dino
- dodging
- dodo
- dogging
- doggo
- doing
- doling
- doll
- dolling
- dong
- donning
- doodad
- doodling
- gadding
- gangland
- gild
- gilding
- glad
- gladioli
- gland
- gliding
- goad
- goading
- gold
- gonad
- gondola
- good
- idling
- idol
- indigo
- inlaid
- inland
- lading
- ladling
- laid
- land
- landing
- load
- loading
- loading
- lodging
- nada
- naiad
- nodal
- nodding
- noodling
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 30, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, G, I, L, N, O, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 66 accepted words for a total of 363 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 254 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.