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Spelling Bee June 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: N

C
E
H
I
L
N
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

283

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

198

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PHILHELLENIC
  • PHILHELLENIC
  • CINEPHILE
  • CINEPHILE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

14 pts

5%

Good

22 pts

8%

Solid

42 pts

15%

Nice

70 pts

25%

Great

113 pts

40%

Amazing

141 pts

50%

Genius

198 pts

70%

Queen Bee

283 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 8 words
  • chenille
  • chin
  • cinch
  • cinephile
  • cinephile
  • clench
  • clinch
  • clinic
E 1 word
  • epicene
H 4 words
  • heinie
  • helpline
  • hence
  • hipline
I 4 words
  • inch
  • incipience
  • incline
  • innie
L 6 words
  • lenience
  • lichen
  • lien
  • linchpin
  • line
  • linen
N 7 words
  • nene
  • nice
  • niche
  • niece
  • nine
  • ninepin
  • nipple
P 14 words
  • peen
  • pence
  • pencil
  • penicillin
  • penile
  • penne
  • philhellene
  • philhellenic
  • philhellenic
  • picnic
  • pinch
  • pine
  • pipeline
  • pippin

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, June 18, 2025 uses the seven letters C, E, H, I, L, N, P, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 283 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 198 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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