Spelling Bee May 2, 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
30
Total points
124
Pangrams
2
Genius score
86
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VIROLOGY
- VIROLOGY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
31 pts
25%
Great
49 pts
40%
Amazing
62 pts
50%
Genius
86 pts
70%
Queen Bee
124 pts
100%
All accepted words
- giggly
- gigolo
- gill
- girl
- girly
- glory
- goggly
- golly
- googly
- googol
- grill
- groggily
- igloo
- illy
- lily
- logo
- logroll
- logy
- loll
- lorry
- oily
- olio
- rill
- roil
- roll
- vigil
- viol
- virology
- virology
- vlog
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 2, 2025 uses the seven letters G, I, L, O, R, V, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 30 accepted words for a total of 124 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 86 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.