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Spelling Bee February 14, 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

C
E
I
L
N
O
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

42

accepted entries

Total points

189

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

132

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LEXICON
  • LEXICON

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

75 pts

40%

Amazing

94 pts

50%

Genius

132 pts

70%

Queen Bee

189 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 8 words
  • cell
  • celli
  • cello
  • clone
  • colleen
  • collie
  • colonel
  • cone
E 4 words
  • excel
  • excellence
  • exec
  • exile
I 4 words
  • icicle
  • incline
  • innie
  • innocence
L 10 words
  • lenience
  • leonine
  • lexicon
  • lexicon
  • lice
  • lien
  • line
  • linen
  • lone
  • loonie
N 9 words
  • nene
  • neocon
  • neon
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine
  • noel
  • nonce
  • none
O 6 words
  • oleic
  • oleo
  • ollie
  • once
  • online
  • oxen
X 1 word
  • xenon

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, February 14, 2025 uses the seven letters C, E, I, L, N, O, X, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 189 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 132 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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