Spelling Bee May 1, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
47
Total points
196
Pangrams
2
Genius score
137
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COMPLETE
- COMPLETE
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
49 pts
25%
Great
78 pts
40%
Amazing
98 pts
50%
Genius
137 pts
70%
Queen Bee
196 pts
100%
All accepted words
- clomp
- come
- comet
- comp
- compel
- compete
- complete
- complete
- compote
- emcee
- emote
- locomote
- loom
- meet
- melee
- melt
- meme
- memo
- mete
- mettle
- mole
- moll
- molt
- moot
- mope
- moppet
- mote
- motel
- motet
- mottle
- motto
- omelet
- omelette
- poem
- pome
- pomelo
- pommel
- pomp
- pompom
- teem
- telecom
- temp
- temple
- tempo
- tempt
- tome
- totem
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 1, 2025 uses the seven letters C, E, L, M, O, P, T, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 196 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 137 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.