Spelling Bee August 12, 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
38
Total points
202
Pangrams
4
Genius score
141
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CUTTHROAT
- CUTTHROAT
- COAUTHOR
- COAUTHOR
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
101 pts
50%
Genius
141 pts
70%
Queen Bee
202 pts
100%
All accepted words
- actuator
- aura
- aurora
- author
- auto
- autocrat
- church
- churro
- coauthor
- coauthor
- couch
- court
- couth
- crouch
- crutch
- curacao
- curator
- curt
- cutout
- cutthroat
- cutthroat
- hour
- hurrah
- hurt
- hutch
- occur
- ouch
- outro
- rout
- taut
- thou
- touch
- tour
- tout
- trout
- truth
- tutor
- tutu
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, August 12, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, H, O, R, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 202 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 141 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.