Spelling Bee July 16, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
194
Pangrams
2
Genius score
135
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHEWING
- CHEWING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
48 pts
25%
Great
77 pts
40%
Amazing
97 pts
50%
Genius
135 pts
70%
Queen Bee
194 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chew
- chewing
- chewing
- chic
- chichi
- chin
- chinning
- cinch
- cinching
- ghee
- heinie
- hence
- henge
- hewing
- hewn
- high
- hinge
- hinging
- inch
- inching
- neigh
- neighing
- niche
- nigh
- weigh
- weighing
- wench
- whee
- when
- whence
- whew
- which
- whine
- whinge
- whingeing
- whinging
- whining
- winch
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, July 16, 2025 uses the seven letters C, E, G, H, I, N, W, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 194 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 135 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.