Spelling Bee February 17, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
180
Pangrams
2
Genius score
125
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ARACHNID
- ARACHNID
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
72 pts
40%
Amazing
90 pts
50%
Genius
126 pts
70%
Queen Bee
180 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acid
- acidic
- acrid
- arachnid
- arachnid
- arcadia
- arcadian
- arid
- canard
- candid
- canid
- card
- cardiac
- chad
- chard
- cicada
- circadian
- dacha
- darn
- dinar
- drain
- hand
- hard
- harridan
- hind
- indica
- indicia
- nada
- nadir
- naiad
- radar
- radian
- radii
- raid
- rancid
- rand
- rind
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, February 17, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, D, H, I, N, R, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 180 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 125 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.