Wednesday · 45 words

Spelling Bee March 12, 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: F

A
B
F
L
O
S
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

193

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

135

70% of total

Center letter

F

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FABULOUS
  • FABULOUS

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

28 pts

15%

Nice

48 pts

25%

Great

77 pts

40%

Amazing

96 pts

50%

Genius

135 pts

70%

Queen Bee

193 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • afoul
  • alfalfa
  • aloof
B 6 words
  • bluff
  • bluffs
  • boffo
  • buff
  • buffalo
  • buffs
F 23 words
  • fabulous
  • fabulous
  • fall
  • falloff
  • falloffs
  • falls
  • flab
  • floss
  • flub
  • flubs
  • fluff
  • fluffs
  • flus
  • foal
  • foals
  • fobs
  • fool
  • fools
  • foosball
  • foul
  • fouls
  • full
  • fuss
L 6 words
  • loaf
  • loafs
  • loofa
  • loofas
  • luff
  • luffs
O 3 words
  • oafs
  • offal
  • offs
S 3 words
  • sofa
  • sofas
  • soulful

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, March 12, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, F, L, O, S, U, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 193 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 135 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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