Spelling Bee March 23, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
223
Pangrams
2
Genius score
156
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CELIBACY
- CELIBACY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
55 pts
25%
Great
89 pts
40%
Amazing
111 pts
50%
Genius
156 pts
70%
Queen Bee
223 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abaci
- abbacy
- acacia
- acai
- acyclic
- bacilli
- biblical
- biblically
- bicycle
- cabal
- cabala
- cabbie
- cabby
- cable
- call
- calla
- callable
- celeb
- celiac
- celibacy
- celibacy
- cell
- celli
- cicely
- cilia
- clay
- clayey
- cycle
- cyclic
- cyclical
- cyclically
- icicle
- icily
- iliac
- lace
- lacy
- laic
- laical
- lice
- lilac
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, March 23, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, I, L, Y, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 223 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 156 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.