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Spelling Bee August 21, 2025 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: I

D
G
I
L
M
N
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

29

accepted entries

Total points

171

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

119

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DIMPLING
  • DIMPLING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

25 pts

15%

Nice

42 pts

25%

Great

68 pts

40%

Amazing

85 pts

50%

Genius

119 pts

70%

Queen Bee

171 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 4 words
  • diddling
  • dill
  • dimpling
  • dimpling
G 6 words
  • giggling
  • gild
  • gilding
  • gill
  • gilling
  • gliding
I 1 word
  • idling
L 8 words
  • limn
  • limning
  • limp
  • limpid
  • limping
  • lining
  • lipid
  • lipping
M 5 words
  • middling
  • mild
  • mill
  • milling
  • mingling
N 1 word
  • niggling
P 4 words
  • piddling
  • piling
  • pill
  • pilling

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 21, 2025 uses the seven letters D, G, I, L, M, N, P, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 171 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 119 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.

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

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