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Spelling Bee August 16, 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: R

A
C
G
I
N
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

73

accepted entries

Total points

418

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

292

70% of total

Center letter

R

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ACCRUING
  • UNCARING
  • ACCRUING
  • UNCARING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

8 pts

2%

Moving Up

20 pts

5%

Good

33 pts

8%

Solid

62 pts

15%

Nice

104 pts

25%

Great

167 pts

40%

Amazing

209 pts

50%

Genius

292 pts

70%

Queen Bee

418 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 17 words
  • accruing
  • accruing
  • agar
  • agrarian
  • airing
  • arancini
  • arcana
  • arcing
  • arguing
  • aria
  • arnica
  • arraign
  • arraigning
  • arranging
  • augur
  • auguring
  • aura
C 10 words
  • cairn
  • caring
  • cigar
  • circa
  • cirri
  • crag
  • crania
  • craning
  • cringing
  • curing
G 9 words
  • garaging
  • gracing
  • grain
  • graining
  • gran
  • grin
  • grinning
  • guar
  • guru
I 7 words
  • incur
  • incurring
  • ingrain
  • ingraining
  • inuring
  • inurn
  • inurning
N 2 words
  • narc
  • nigiri
R 22 words
  • racing
  • raga
  • ragging
  • raging
  • ragu
  • rain
  • raining
  • rang
  • ranging
  • rani
  • raring
  • ricin
  • ricing
  • rigging
  • ring
  • ringing
  • ruin
  • ruing
  • ruining
  • rung
  • runic
  • running
U 6 words
  • uncaring
  • uncaring
  • unrig
  • unrigging
  • urging
  • uric

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 16, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, G, I, N, R, U, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 73 accepted words for a total of 418 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 292 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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