Wednesday · 55 words

Spelling Bee April 9, 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: O

A
D
L
M
O
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

54

accepted entries

Total points

205

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

143

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MODULAR
  • MODULAR

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

30 pts

15%

Nice

51 pts

25%

Great

82 pts

40%

Amazing

102 pts

50%

Genius

143 pts

70%

Queen Bee

205 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 10 words
  • aloud
  • ammo
  • amoral
  • amour
  • ardor
  • armload
  • armor
  • aroma
  • aurora
  • auroral
D 15 words
  • dodo
  • doll
  • dollar
  • dolma
  • dolor
  • doodad
  • doom
  • door
  • dorado
  • dorm
  • doula
  • dour
  • droll
  • drool
  • drumroll
L 6 words
  • load
  • loam
  • loll
  • loom
  • lord
  • loud
M 13 words
  • malodor
  • modal
  • modular
  • modular
  • molar
  • mold
  • moll
  • momma
  • mood
  • moola
  • moor
  • moral
  • mudroom
O 2 words
  • odor
  • oral
R 8 words
  • ramrod
  • road
  • roam
  • roar
  • roll
  • rood
  • room
  • rumor

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 9, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, L, M, O, R, U, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 205 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 143 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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