Spelling Bee July 17, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
317
Pangrams
4
Genius score
221
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DIDACTICALLY
- DIDACTICALLY
- DACTYLIC
- DACTYLIC
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
126 pts
40%
Amazing
158 pts
50%
Genius
221 pts
70%
Queen Bee
317 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acidity
- addict
- alit
- atilt
- attic
- cacti
- catalytic
- catalytically
- catcall
- cattail
- cattily
- catty
- city
- dactyl
- dactylic
- dactylic
- data
- daylit
- dicta
- didact
- didactic
- didactically
- didactically
- ditty
- illicit
- illicitly
- italic
- itty
- lactic
- laity
- licit
- licitly
- lilt
- tacit
- tacitly
- tact
- tactic
- tactical
- tactically
- tactility
- tail
- talc
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tally
- tatty
- tidal
- tidally
- tidily
- tidy
- till
- tilt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, July 17, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, D, I, L, T, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 317 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 221 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.