Spelling Bee May 11, 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
37
Total points
190
Pangrams
4
Genius score
133
Center letter
K
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- KNEECAPPED
- KNEECAPPED
- PANCAKED
- PANCAKED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
47 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
95 pts
50%
Genius
133 pts
70%
Queen Bee
190 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cake
- caked
- dank
- deck
- decked
- deke
- deked
- eked
- kappa
- keen
- keened
- keep
- knack
- knead
- kneaded
- knee
- kneecap
- kneecapped
- kneecapped
- kneed
- kneepad
- naked
- nankeen
- neck
- necked
- pack
- packed
- pancake
- pancaked
- pancaked
- peak
- peaked
- peck
- pecked
- peek
- peeked
- peke
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, May 11, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, K, N, P, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 190 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 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.