Friday · 45 words

Spelling Bee March 14, 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: K

A
B
C
K
L
O
R

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

K

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ROLLBACK
  • ROLLBACK

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 2 words
  • aback
  • alack
B 14 words
  • babka
  • back
  • balk
  • ballcock
  • barback
  • bark
  • barrack
  • black
  • blackball
  • block
  • bock
  • book
  • bookrack
  • brook
C 12 words
  • callback
  • clack
  • cloak
  • clock
  • cock
  • cook
  • cookbook
  • cork
  • crack
  • croak
  • crock
  • crook
K 4 words
  • kabob
  • koala
  • kola
  • kook
L 5 words
  • lack
  • lark
  • lock
  • look
  • lookbook
O 2 words
  • oarlock
  • okra
R 5 words
  • rack
  • rock
  • rollback
  • rollback
  • rook

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, March 14, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, C, K, L, O, R, with K 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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