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
Puzzle stats
Total words
73
Total points
418
Pangrams
4
Genius score
292
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ACCRUING
- UNCARING
- ACCRUING
- UNCARING
Rank thresholds
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
- accruing
- accruing
- agar
- agrarian
- airing
- arancini
- arcana
- arcing
- arguing
- aria
- arnica
- arraign
- arraigning
- arranging
- augur
- auguring
- aura
- cairn
- caring
- cigar
- circa
- cirri
- crag
- crania
- craning
- cringing
- curing
- garaging
- gracing
- grain
- graining
- gran
- grin
- grinning
- guar
- guru
- incur
- incurring
- ingrain
- ingraining
- inuring
- inurn
- inurning
- narc
- nigiri
- racing
- raga
- ragging
- raging
- ragu
- rain
- raining
- rang
- ranging
- rani
- raring
- ricin
- ricing
- rigging
- ring
- ringing
- ruin
- ruing
- ruining
- rung
- runic
- running
- 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.