Spelling Bee May 12, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
28
Total points
161
Pangrams
2
Genius score
112
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNBOXING
- UNBOXING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
40 pts
25%
Great
64 pts
40%
Amazing
80 pts
50%
Genius
112 pts
70%
Queen Bee
161 pts
100%
All accepted words
- binging
- bingo
- binning
- bobbin
- bobbing
- bogging
- boing
- bonbon
- bong
- bongo
- boning
- bonobo
- boob
- booboo
- booing
- boon
- boxing
- bugging
- bung
- bunion
- gibbon
- gibing
- inbox
- noob
- nubbin
- unbox
- unboxing
- unboxing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 12, 2025 uses the seven letters B, G, I, N, O, U, X, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 161 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 112 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.