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Spelling Bee February 21, 2025 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: H

H
I
L
N
O
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

21

accepted entries

Total points

105

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

73

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • TRILLIONTH
  • TRILLIONTH

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

15 pts

15%

Nice

26 pts

25%

Great

42 pts

40%

Amazing

52 pts

50%

Genius

73 pts

70%

Queen Bee

105 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
H 8 words
  • hill
  • hilt
  • hint
  • holt
  • honor
  • hoot
  • horn
  • horror
L 1 word
  • litho
N 2 words
  • ninth
  • north
R 1 word
  • rhino
T 9 words
  • thin
  • thorn
  • thrill
  • tilth
  • tinhorn
  • tooth
  • trillionth
  • trillionth
  • troth

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, February 21, 2025 uses the seven letters H, I, L, N, O, R, T, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 21 accepted words for a total of 105 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 73 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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