Spelling Bee June 20, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
62
Total points
302
Pangrams
2
Genius score
211
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ALPHABET
- ALPHABET
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
45 pts
15%
Nice
75 pts
25%
Great
120 pts
40%
Amazing
151 pts
50%
Genius
211 pts
70%
Queen Bee
302 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aleph
- alpha
- alphabet
- alphabet
- appall
- appeal
- appealable
- appellate
- appellee
- apple
- applet
- beep
- bleep
- epee
- heap
- heeltap
- help
- helpable
- heptathlete
- lapel
- leap
- leapt
- paella
- palapa
- palatable
- palatal
- palate
- pale
- palette
- pall
- pallet
- palp
- palpable
- palpate
- papa
- papal
- pate
- patella
- patellae
- path
- peal
- peat
- pebble
- peel
- peelable
- peep
- pellet
- pelt
- petal
- phat
- plat
- plate
- platelet
- plea
- pleat
- pleb
- plebe
- tapa
- tape
- teepee
- telepath
- tepee
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, June 20, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, E, H, L, P, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 302 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 211 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.