Spelling Bee August 2, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
41
Total points
224
Pangrams
4
Genius score
156
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LAPIDARY
- LAPIDARY
- RAPIDLY
- RAPIDLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
89 pts
40%
Amazing
112 pts
50%
Genius
156 pts
70%
Queen Bee
224 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airplay
- apiary
- appall
- apply
- dippy
- drip
- drippy
- lapidary
- lapidary
- lipid
- lippy
- paddy
- paid
- pail
- pair
- palapa
- pall
- pallid
- pallidly
- palp
- papa
- papal
- papally
- papaya
- papilla
- pappy
- papyri
- parlay
- parry
- payday
- piddly
- pill
- pillar
- plaid
- play
- pray
- rapid
- rapidly
- rapidly
- ripply
- yappy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 2, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, P, R, Y, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 224 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 156 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.