Spelling Bee July 26, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
58
Total points
268
Pangrams
2
Genius score
187
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CLOWNED
- CLOWNED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
107 pts
40%
Amazing
134 pts
50%
Genius
187 pts
70%
Queen Bee
268 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cell
- celled
- cello
- clod
- clone
- cloned
- clown
- clowned
- clowned
- coddle
- coddled
- cold
- colleen
- colon
- colonel
- condole
- condoled
- condolence
- cool
- cooldown
- cooled
- cowl
- dell
- dole
- doled
- doll
- dolled
- doodle
- doodled
- dowel
- dwell
- dwelled
- lede
- lend
- lewd
- loco
- locoweed
- lode
- loll
- lolled
- lone
- loon
- lowdown
- lowed
- needle
- needled
- newel
- noel
- noodle
- noodled
- olden
- oleo
- weld
- welded
- well
- welled
- wool
- woolen
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, July 26, 2025 uses the seven letters C, D, E, L, N, O, W, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 58 accepted words for a total of 268 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 187 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.