Spelling Bee February 19, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
63
Total points
321
Pangrams
6
Genius score
224
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DEADLOCKED
- DEADLOCKED
- DEADLOCK
- DEADLOCK
- CLOAKED
- CLOAKED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
48 pts
15%
Nice
80 pts
25%
Great
128 pts
40%
Amazing
160 pts
50%
Genius
224 pts
70%
Queen Bee
321 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accede
- acceded
- accolade
- aced
- added
- addle
- addled
- alack
- allele
- aloe
- cacao
- cackle
- cackled
- cake
- caked
- call
- calla
- callaloo
- called
- clack
- clacked
- clad
- clade
- cloaca
- cloak
- cloaked
- cloaked
- coal
- coca
- cockade
- cocoa
- coda
- cola
- dale
- dead
- deadlock
- deadlock
- deadlocked
- deadlocked
- deal
- decade
- decal
- doodad
- kale
- koala
- kola
- lace
- laced
- lack
- lacked
- lade
- laded
- ladle
- ladled
- lake
- lead
- leaded
- leak
- leaked
- load
- loaded
- local
- locale
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, February 19, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, K, L, O, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 63 accepted words for a total of 321 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 224 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.