Spelling Bee August 8, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
234
Pangrams
2
Genius score
163
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DEPENDENTLY
- DEPENDENTLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
58 pts
25%
Great
93 pts
40%
Amazing
117 pts
50%
Genius
163 pts
70%
Queen Bee
234 pts
100%
All accepted words
- delete
- deleted
- delt
- dent
- dented
- dependent
- dependently
- dependently
- deplete
- depleted
- detente
- entente
- eyelet
- lent
- netted
- nettle
- nettled
- netty
- pellet
- pelleted
- pelt
- pelted
- pendent
- pent
- petted
- petty
- plenty
- teddy
- teed
- teen
- teeny
- teepee
- teletype
- tell
- tend
- tended
- tenet
- tent
- tented
- tepee
- type
- typed
- yente
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 8, 2025 uses the seven letters D, E, L, N, P, T, Y, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 234 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 163 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.