Spelling Bee February 28, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
247
Pangrams
2
Genius score
172
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PICNICKED
- PICNICKED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
61 pts
25%
Great
98 pts
40%
Amazing
123 pts
50%
Genius
172 pts
70%
Queen Bee
247 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deep
- deepen
- deepened
- depend
- depended
- dependence
- dipped
- epee
- epic
- epicene
- incipience
- independence
- keep
- kepi
- ninepin
- nipped
- peck
- pecked
- peed
- peek
- peeked
- peen
- peep
- peeped
- peke
- pence
- pend
- pended
- penne
- penned
- pepped
- pick
- picked
- picnic
- picnicked
- picnicked
- piece
- pieced
- pied
- pike
- pine
- pined
- pink
- pinked
- pinkie
- pinned
- pinniped
- pipe
- piped
- pippin
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, February 28, 2025 uses the seven letters C, D, E, I, K, N, P, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 247 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 172 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.