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Spelling Bee April 4, 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: E

C
E
I
M
N
T
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

55

accepted entries

Total points

247

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

172

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • EXCITEMENT
  • EXCITEMENT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

37 pts

15%

Nice

61 pts

25%

Great

98 pts

40%

Amazing

123 pts

50%

Genius

172 pts

70%

Queen Bee

247 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 3 words
  • cement
  • cent
  • cite
E 15 words
  • emcee
  • emetic
  • eminence
  • eminent
  • emit
  • entente
  • entice
  • enticement
  • excite
  • excitement
  • excitement
  • exec
  • exit
  • extent
  • extinct
I 8 words
  • icemen
  • imminence
  • imminent
  • incite
  • incitement
  • innie
  • intent
  • item
M 13 words
  • meet
  • meme
  • memetic
  • mentee
  • mete
  • mice
  • mien
  • mime
  • mimetic
  • mince
  • mine
  • mite
  • mitten
N 7 words
  • nene
  • next
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nite
T 9 words
  • teem
  • teen
  • tenement
  • tenet
  • tent
  • text
  • time
  • tine
  • titmice

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 4, 2025 uses the seven letters C, E, I, M, N, T, X, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 247 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 172 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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