Saturday · 41 words

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

C
E
I
K
L
N
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

40

accepted entries

Total points

194

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

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

  • TELEKINETIC
  • TELEKINETIC
  • LITTLENECK
  • LITTLENECK

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

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

Grouped by starting letter
C 2 words
  • click
  • clink
K 18 words
  • keel
  • keen
  • kennel
  • kente
  • kettle
  • kick
  • kill
  • kiln
  • kilt
  • kinetic
  • kink
  • kite
  • kitten
  • knee
  • kneel
  • knell
  • knelt
  • knit
L 7 words
  • leek
  • lick
  • like
  • liken
  • link
  • littleneck
  • littleneck
N 6 words
  • neck
  • neckline
  • necktie
  • netlike
  • nick
  • nickel
T 7 words
  • 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.

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

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