Spelling Bee May 16, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
41
Total points
139
Pangrams
2
Genius score
97
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BLOWPIPE
- BLOWPIPE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
34 pts
25%
Great
55 pts
40%
Amazing
69 pts
50%
Genius
97 pts
70%
Queen Bee
139 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bebop
- beep
- bleep
- blip
- bloop
- blowpipe
- blowpipe
- boop
- elope
- epee
- lipo
- lollipop
- lollop
- loop
- lope
- pebble
- peel
- peep
- peewee
- people
- pewee
- pile
- pill
- pillow
- pipe
- pleb
- plebe
- plie
- plop
- plow
- pole
- polio
- poll
- polo
- pool
- poop
- pope
- powwow
- weep
- weepie
- wipe
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 16, 2025 uses the seven letters B, E, I, L, O, P, W, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 139 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 97 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.