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
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
189
Pangrams
2
Genius score
132
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LEXICON
- LEXICON
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
75 pts
40%
Amazing
94 pts
50%
Genius
132 pts
70%
Queen Bee
189 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cell
- celli
- cello
- clone
- colleen
- collie
- colonel
- cone
- excel
- excellence
- exec
- exile
- icicle
- incline
- innie
- innocence
- lenience
- leonine
- lexicon
- lexicon
- lice
- lien
- line
- linen
- lone
- loonie
- nene
- neocon
- neon
- nice
- niece
- nine
- noel
- nonce
- none
- oleic
- oleo
- ollie
- once
- online
- oxen
- 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.