Thursday · 55 words

Spelling Bee February 20, 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: O

A
F
G
I
N
O
R

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

54

accepted entries

Total points

262

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

183

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FORAGING
  • FORAGING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

20 pts

8%

Solid

39 pts

15%

Nice

65 pts

25%

Great

104 pts

40%

Amazing

131 pts

50%

Genius

183 pts

70%

Queen Bee

262 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • afro
  • agog
  • agora
  • angora
  • anion
  • anon
  • argon
F 10 words
  • farrago
  • farro
  • fogging
  • fora
  • foraging
  • foraging
  • forging
  • forgo
  • forgoing
  • frog
G 15 words
  • going
  • gong
  • gonging
  • gonna
  • goof
  • goofing
  • goon
  • gorging
  • gorgon
  • goring
  • griffon
  • groan
  • groaning
  • grog
  • groin
I 4 words
  • ignoring
  • info
  • iron
  • ironing
N 5 words
  • noggin
  • noir
  • nonagon
  • noon
  • nori
O 7 words
  • oaring
  • offing
  • ongoing
  • onion
  • orang
  • organ
  • origin
R 6 words
  • rigor
  • roan
  • roar
  • roaring
  • roof
  • roofing

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, February 20, 2025 uses the seven letters A, F, G, I, N, O, R, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 262 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 183 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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