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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

A
C
D
I
L
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

53

accepted entries

Total points

317

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

221

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DIDACTICALLY
  • DIDACTICALLY
  • DACTYLIC
  • DACTYLIC

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

126 pts

40%

Amazing

158 pts

50%

Genius

221 pts

70%

Queen Bee

317 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • acidity
  • addict
  • alit
  • atilt
  • attic
C 8 words
  • cacti
  • catalytic
  • catalytically
  • catcall
  • cattail
  • cattily
  • catty
  • city
D 11 words
  • dactyl
  • dactylic
  • dactylic
  • data
  • daylit
  • dicta
  • didact
  • didactic
  • didactically
  • didactically
  • ditty
I 4 words
  • illicit
  • illicitly
  • italic
  • itty
L 5 words
  • lactic
  • laity
  • licit
  • licitly
  • lilt
T 20 words
  • 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.

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

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