Spelling Bee May 15, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
225
Pangrams
4
Genius score
157
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MATCHMAKE
- CHECKMATE
- MATCHMAKE
- CHECKMATE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
90 pts
40%
Amazing
112 pts
50%
Genius
157 pts
70%
Queen Bee
225 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- ahem
- attach
- attache
- cache
- cachet
- catch
- chat
- cheat
- check
- checkmate
- checkmate
- cheek
- cheetah
- each
- etch
- hack
- haka
- hake
- hamate
- hatch
- hatchet
- hate
- hath
- hatha
- heat
- heath
- heck
- heme
- ketch
- machete
- mahatma
- match
- matcha
- matchmake
- matchmake
- math
- meth
- tach
- teach
- tech
- teeth
- teethe
- that
- thatch
- thee
- them
- theme
- theta
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 15, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, K, M, T, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 225 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 157 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.