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Spelling Bee August 15, 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: N

E
L
N
O
P
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

51

accepted entries

Total points

187

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

130

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • OPULENT
  • OPULENT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

28 pts

15%

Nice

46 pts

25%

Great

74 pts

40%

Amazing

93 pts

50%

Genius

130 pts

70%

Queen Bee

187 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 1 word
  • entente
L 6 words
  • lent
  • lento
  • lone
  • loon
  • lune
  • lunette
N 11 words
  • nene
  • neon
  • nettle
  • noel
  • none
  • nonet
  • noon
  • nope
  • note
  • noun
  • null
O 5 words
  • onto
  • open
  • opponent
  • opulent
  • opulent
P 11 words
  • peen
  • peloton
  • penne
  • pent
  • penult
  • peon
  • pollen
  • pone
  • pontoon
  • potent
  • punt
T 11 words
  • teen
  • tenet
  • tenon
  • tent
  • tentpole
  • tone
  • tonne
  • toon
  • tune
  • tuneup
  • tunnel
U 6 words
  • unlet
  • unopen
  • unpen
  • unto
  • untune
  • upon

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 15, 2025 uses the seven letters E, L, N, O, P, T, U, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 187 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 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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