Spelling Bee August 17, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
384
Pangrams
6
Genius score
268
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ABDICATED
- ABDICATED
- ABDICATE
- DIABETIC
- DIABETIC
- ABDICATE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
19 pts
5%
Good
30 pts
8%
Solid
57 pts
15%
Nice
96 pts
25%
Great
153 pts
40%
Amazing
192 pts
50%
Genius
268 pts
70%
Queen Bee
384 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abaci
- abdicate
- abdicate
- abdicated
- abdicated
- acacia
- acai
- accede
- acceded
- aced
- acetate
- acetic
- acid
- acidic
- acted
- addict
- addicted
- attic
- cabbed
- cabbie
- cacti
- caddie
- caddied
- cadet
- cede
- ceded
- ciabatta
- cicada
- cite
- cited
- decade
- deceit
- decide
- decided
- dedicate
- dedicated
- dedicatee
- deice
- deiced
- deicide
- detect
- detected
- diabetic
- diabetic
- dice
- diced
- dicta
- dictate
- dictated
- didact
- didactic
- dietetic
- edict
- eidetic
- iced
- tacet
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 17, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, C, D, E, I, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 384 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 268 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.