Spelling Bee April 8, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
221
Pangrams
2
Genius score
154
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LAUGHED
- LAUGHED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
55 pts
25%
Great
88 pts
40%
Amazing
110 pts
50%
Genius
154 pts
70%
Queen Bee
221 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ague
- allude
- alluded
- delude
- deluded
- deluge
- deluged
- dual
- dude
- duel
- dueled
- dull
- dulled
- elude
- eluded
- gauge
- gauged
- glue
- glued
- glug
- glugged
- gulag
- gull
- gulled
- haul
- haulage
- hauled
- huddle
- huddled
- hued
- huge
- hugged
- hula
- hull
- hulled
- laud
- lauded
- laugh
- laughed
- laughed
- league
- luau
- luge
- luged
- luggage
- lugged
- lull
- lulled
- lulu
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, April 8, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, E, G, H, L, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 221 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 154 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.