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
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
283
Pangrams
4
Genius score
198
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PHILHELLENIC
- PHILHELLENIC
- CINEPHILE
- CINEPHILE
Rank thresholds
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
- chenille
- chin
- cinch
- cinephile
- cinephile
- clench
- clinch
- clinic
- epicene
- heinie
- helpline
- hence
- hipline
- inch
- incipience
- incline
- innie
- lenience
- lichen
- lien
- linchpin
- line
- linen
- nene
- nice
- niche
- niece
- nine
- ninepin
- nipple
- 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.