Spelling Bee July 21, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
231
Pangrams
4
Genius score
161
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MONORAIL
- MANORIAL
- MANORIAL
- MONORAIL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
34 pts
15%
Nice
57 pts
25%
Great
92 pts
40%
Amazing
115 pts
50%
Genius
161 pts
70%
Queen Bee
231 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airmail
- airman
- alarm
- amoral
- aria
- aril
- armor
- armorial
- aroma
- immoral
- iron
- ironman
- lair
- liar
- lira
- mailroom
- malaria
- malarial
- manor
- manorial
- manorial
- marina
- marinara
- marlin
- marm
- maroon
- minor
- mirin
- mirror
- molar
- monorail
- monorail
- moor
- moral
- morn
- moron
- noir
- nori
- norm
- normal
- oral
- rail
- rain
- rani
- rial
- rill
- roam
- roan
- roar
- roil
- roll
- room
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, July 21, 2025 uses the seven letters A, I, L, M, N, O, R, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 231 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 161 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.