Spelling Bee March 8, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
194
Pangrams
4
Genius score
135
Center letter
K
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TELEKINETIC
- TELEKINETIC
- LITTLENECK
- LITTLENECK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
48 pts
25%
Great
77 pts
40%
Amazing
97 pts
50%
Genius
135 pts
70%
Queen Bee
194 pts
100%
All accepted words
- click
- clink
- keel
- keen
- kennel
- kente
- kettle
- kick
- kill
- kiln
- kilt
- kinetic
- kink
- kite
- kitten
- knee
- kneel
- knell
- knelt
- knit
- leek
- lick
- like
- liken
- link
- littleneck
- littleneck
- neck
- neckline
- necktie
- netlike
- nick
- nickel
- telekinetic
- telekinetic
- tick
- ticket
- tickle
- tiki
- tinkle
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, March 8, 2025 uses the seven letters C, E, I, K, L, N, T, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 194 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 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.