Spelling Bee June 5, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
70
Total points
380
Pangrams
4
Genius score
266
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COLORATURA
- CALCULATOR
- CALCULATOR
- COLORATURA
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
19 pts
5%
Good
30 pts
8%
Solid
57 pts
15%
Nice
95 pts
25%
Great
152 pts
40%
Amazing
190 pts
50%
Genius
266 pts
70%
Queen Bee
380 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accrual
- actor
- actuator
- allocator
- altar
- aorta
- aortal
- arco
- attar
- attract
- attractor
- aura
- aural
- aurora
- auroral
- autocrat
- calculator
- calculator
- carat
- carol
- carrot
- cart
- cataract
- collar
- color
- coloratura
- coloratura
- coral
- corolla
- corral
- court
- croc
- cultural
- curacao
- curator
- curl
- curt
- locator
- occur
- ocular
- oracular
- oral
- orator
- orca
- outro
- ratatat
- roar
- rococo
- roll
- rollout
- root
- rotator
- rotor
- rout
- rural
- taro
- tarot
- tart
- tartar
- toro
- tort
- torta
- tour
- tract
- tractor
- troll
- trot
- trout
- tutor
- ultra
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, June 5, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, L, O, R, T, U, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 70 accepted words for a total of 380 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 266 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.