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Spelling Bee August 30, 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: A

A
E
G
I
M
N
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

71

accepted entries

Total points

351

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

245

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MAGAZINE
  • MAGAZINE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

7 pts

2%

Moving Up

17 pts

5%

Good

28 pts

8%

Solid

52 pts

15%

Nice

87 pts

25%

Great

140 pts

40%

Amazing

175 pts

50%

Genius

245 pts

70%

Queen Bee

351 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 12 words
  • again
  • agaze
  • ageing
  • aging
  • aiming
  • amaze
  • amazing
  • amen
  • anemia
  • angina
  • anima
  • anime
E 4 words
  • enema
  • engage
  • engaging
  • enigma
G 14 words
  • gaga
  • gage
  • gagging
  • gain
  • gaining
  • game
  • gamin
  • gamine
  • gaming
  • gamma
  • gang
  • ganging
  • gaze
  • gazing
I 6 words
  • image
  • imagine
  • imaging
  • imagining
  • imam
  • inane
M 26 words
  • magazine
  • magazine
  • mage
  • magi
  • magma
  • maim
  • maiming
  • main
  • maize
  • mama
  • mamma
  • manage
  • managing
  • mane
  • manga
  • mange
  • mania
  • manna
  • manning
  • maze
  • mean
  • meanie
  • meaning
  • mega
  • mezzanine
  • minima
N 5 words
  • naan
  • nagging
  • name
  • naming
  • nana
Z 4 words
  • zagging
  • zigzag
  • zigzagging
  • zinnia

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 30, 2025 uses the seven letters A, E, G, I, M, N, Z, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 71 accepted words for a total of 351 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 245 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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