Spelling Bee July 12, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
55
Total points
319
Pangrams
4
Genius score
223
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NAUTICAL
- NAUTICAL
- LUNATIC
- LUNATIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
127 pts
40%
Amazing
159 pts
50%
Genius
223 pts
70%
Queen Bee
319 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- actual
- antic
- attic
- cacti
- calculi
- call
- calla
- canal
- cancan
- canna
- cannula
- cant
- cantata
- cantina
- catcall
- cattail
- caul
- cilia
- clan
- clinic
- clinical
- clinician
- cull
- cult
- cultic
- iliac
- illicit
- incant
- intact
- italic
- lactic
- lacuna
- laic
- laical
- licit
- lilac
- lunatic
- lunatic
- nautical
- nautical
- niacin
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tactical
- tactician
- tactual
- talc
- tannic
- tinct
- titanic
- tunic
- uncut
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, July 12, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, I, L, N, T, U, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 319 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 223 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.