Spelling Bee February 22, 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
56
Total points
242
Pangrams
2
Genius score
169
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HONEYDEW
- HONEYDEW
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
60 pts
25%
Great
96 pts
40%
Amazing
121 pts
50%
Genius
169 pts
70%
Queen Bee
242 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deed
- deeded
- deny
- dewy
- dodo
- done
- donee
- donned
- dowdy
- down
- downed
- downy
- doyen
- doyenne
- dyed
- dyne
- eddy
- ended
- endow
- endowed
- eyed
- heed
- heeded
- hewed
- hoed
- hoedown
- honed
- honeydew
- honeydew
- honeyed
- hood
- hooded
- hoodoo
- howdy
- need
- needed
- needy
- nodded
- node
- odeon
- owed
- owned
- wedded
- weed
- weeded
- weedy
- wend
- wended
- wood
- wooded
- wooden
- woody
- wooed
- wowed
- yenned
- yond
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, February 22, 2025 uses the seven letters D, E, H, N, O, W, Y, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 242 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 169 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.