Spelling Bee May 17, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
67
Total points
323
Pangrams
4
Genius score
226
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INITIALIZE
- INITIALIZE
- TANTALIZE
- TANTALIZE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
48 pts
15%
Nice
80 pts
25%
Great
129 pts
40%
Amazing
161 pts
50%
Genius
226 pts
70%
Queen Bee
323 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alien
- alienate
- alit
- allele
- anal
- annal
- anneal
- antenatal
- atilt
- azalea
- elan
- elate
- elite
- entail
- entitle
- initial
- initialize
- initialize
- inlet
- intel
- lain
- lanai
- lane
- lantana
- late
- laten
- latent
- latte
- laze
- lean
- leant
- lenient
- lent
- lentil
- lien
- lilt
- line
- lineal
- linen
- linnet
- lint
- lintel
- lite
- little
- nail
- natal
- nettle
- tail
- tale
- talent
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tantalize
- tantalize
- tattle
- tattletale
- teal
- tell
- telltale
- tile
- till
- tilt
- titillate
- title
- tittle
- zeal
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 17, 2025 uses the seven letters A, E, I, L, N, T, Z, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 67 accepted words for a total of 323 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 226 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.