Spelling Bee July 18, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
190
Pangrams
2
Genius score
133
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- APPENDIX
- APPENDIX
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
47 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
95 pts
50%
Genius
133 pts
70%
Queen Bee
190 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adenine
- aide
- aided
- apian
- appendix
- appendix
- denied
- died
- dine
- dined
- dipped
- eddied
- idea
- inane
- indeed
- index
- indexed
- indie
- innie
- naiad
- nannied
- nine
- ninepin
- nipped
- nixed
- paid
- pain
- pained
- panini
- pied
- pine
- pined
- pinned
- pinniped
- pipe
- piped
- pippin
- pixie
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, July 18, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, E, I, N, P, X, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 190 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 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.