Spelling Bee August 20, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
114
Pangrams
2
Genius score
79
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WALKOUT
- WALKOUT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
17 pts
15%
Nice
28 pts
25%
Great
45 pts
40%
Amazing
57 pts
50%
Genius
79 pts
70%
Queen Bee
114 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allot
- allow
- alto
- atoll
- koala
- kola
- loll
- look
- lookout
- loot
- lotto
- lout
- luau
- lull
- lulu
- outlaw
- outlook
- outtalk
- talk
- tall
- tallow
- toll
- tool
- total
- walk
- walkout
- walkout
- wall
- wallow
- waul
- wool
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 20, 2025 uses the seven letters A, K, L, O, T, U, W, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 114 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 79 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.