Spelling Bee May 18, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
51
Total points
320
Pangrams
6
Genius score
224
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNFLAGGING
- UNFLAGGING
- UNFAILING
- UNFAILING
- GAINFUL
- GAINFUL
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
128 pts
40%
Amazing
160 pts
50%
Genius
224 pts
70%
Queen Bee
320 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alfalfa
- fail
- failing
- fall
- falling
- fang
- fanning
- faun
- fauna
- faunal
- fifing
- filial
- filing
- fill
- filling
- finagling
- final
- finial
- fining
- flag
- flagging
- flail
- flailing
- flan
- flanging
- fling
- flinging
- fluff
- fluffing
- flung
- fugu
- fulfill
- fulfilling
- full
- fungal
- fungi
- gaff
- gainful
- gainful
- guff
- gulf
- infill
- infilling
- luff
- lungful
- naif
- unfailing
- unfailing
- unflagging
- unflagging
- unfulfilling
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, May 18, 2025 uses the seven letters A, F, G, I, L, N, U, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 320 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 224 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.