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
Puzzle stats
Total words
55
Total points
247
Pangrams
2
Genius score
172
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXCITEMENT
- EXCITEMENT
Rank thresholds
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
- cement
- cent
- cite
- emcee
- emetic
- eminence
- eminent
- emit
- entente
- entice
- enticement
- excite
- excitement
- excitement
- exec
- exit
- extent
- extinct
- icemen
- imminence
- imminent
- incite
- incitement
- innie
- intent
- item
- meet
- meme
- memetic
- mentee
- mete
- mice
- mien
- mime
- mimetic
- mince
- mine
- mite
- mitten
- nene
- next
- nice
- niece
- nine
- nineteen
- nite
- 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.