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Spelling Bee February 25, 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: U

B
D
G
I
L
N
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

49

accepted entries

Total points

346

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

8

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

242

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNBUNDLING
  • UNBUILDING
  • UNBUILDING
  • UNBUNDLING
  • BUILDING
  • BUNDLING
  • BUILDING
  • BUNDLING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

17 pts

5%

Good

27 pts

8%

Solid

51 pts

15%

Nice

86 pts

25%

Great

138 pts

40%

Amazing

173 pts

50%

Genius

242 pts

70%

Queen Bee

346 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 15 words
  • bubbling
  • budding
  • budging
  • bugging
  • bugling
  • build
  • building
  • building
  • bulb
  • bulging
  • bull
  • bundling
  • bundling
  • bung
  • bungling
D 5 words
  • dubbing
  • dull
  • dulling
  • dung
  • dunning
G 8 words
  • glug
  • glugging
  • gluing
  • guiding
  • guild
  • gull
  • gulling
  • gunning
I 1 word
  • indulging
L 9 words
  • linguini
  • lubing
  • lugging
  • luging
  • lull
  • lulling
  • lulu
  • lung
  • lunging
N 3 words
  • nubbin
  • nudging
  • null
U 8 words
  • unbind
  • unbinding
  • unbuild
  • unbuilding
  • unbuilding
  • unbundling
  • unbundling
  • undid

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, February 25, 2025 uses the seven letters B, D, G, I, L, N, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 346 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 242 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 8 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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