Spelling Bee June 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
141
Pangrams
2
Genius score
98
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INFIRMARY
- INFIRMARY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
56 pts
40%
Amazing
70 pts
50%
Genius
98 pts
70%
Queen Bee
141 pts
100%
All accepted words
- affirm
- airman
- anima
- army
- farm
- firm
- imam
- infamy
- infirm
- infirmary
- infirmary
- mafia
- maim
- main
- mama
- mamma
- mammary
- mania
- manna
- many
- marina
- marinara
- marm
- marry
- miff
- mini
- minim
- minima
- mirin
- myna
- ramify
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, June 17, 2025 uses the seven letters A, F, I, M, N, R, Y, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 141 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 98 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.