Spelling Bee August 22, 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
35
Total points
191
Pangrams
2
Genius score
133
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CONFIRM
- CONFIRM
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
47 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
95 pts
50%
Genius
133 pts
70%
Queen Bee
191 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cirri
- cocci
- cocoon
- coffin
- coif
- coin
- coir
- comic
- common
- confirm
- confirm
- conform
- conic
- corn
- croc
- croci
- croon
- foci
- formic
- icon
- iconic
- ionic
- ironic
- micro
- microform
- micromini
- micron
- mimic
- morocco
- moronic
- noncom
- omicron
- ricin
- rococo
- romcom
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 22, 2025 uses the seven letters C, F, I, M, N, O, R, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 191 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 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.