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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

A
C
I
L
N
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

55

accepted entries

Total points

319

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

223

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • NAUTICAL
  • NAUTICAL
  • LUNATIC
  • LUNATIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • actual
  • antic
  • attic
C 22 words
  • cacti
  • calculi
  • call
  • calla
  • canal
  • cancan
  • canna
  • cannula
  • cant
  • cantata
  • cantina
  • catcall
  • cattail
  • caul
  • cilia
  • clan
  • clinic
  • clinical
  • clinician
  • cull
  • cult
  • cultic
I 5 words
  • iliac
  • illicit
  • incant
  • intact
  • italic
L 8 words
  • lactic
  • lacuna
  • laic
  • laical
  • licit
  • lilac
  • lunatic
  • lunatic
N 3 words
  • nautical
  • nautical
  • niacin
T 11 words
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactical
  • tactician
  • tactual
  • talc
  • tannic
  • tinct
  • titanic
  • tunic
U 1 word
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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