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Spelling Bee May 25, 2023 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: N

B
H
I
N
O
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

42

accepted entries

Total points

194

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

135

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INHIBITOR
  • INHIBITOR

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

29 pts

15%

Nice

48 pts

25%

Great

77 pts

40%

Amazing

97 pts

50%

Genius

135 pts

70%

Queen Bee

194 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 8 words
  • biotin
  • bobbin
  • bonbon
  • bonito
  • bonobo
  • boon
  • born
  • boron
H 4 words
  • hint
  • hobnob
  • honor
  • horn
I 8 words
  • inborn
  • inhibit
  • inhibition
  • inhibitor
  • inhibitor
  • into
  • intro
  • iron
N 8 words
  • ninth
  • nitro
  • noir
  • noob
  • noon
  • nori
  • north
  • notion
O 2 words
  • onion
  • onto
R 4 words
  • rhino
  • ribbon
  • robin
  • rotini
T 8 words
  • thin
  • thorn
  • tinhorn
  • tint
  • toon
  • torn
  • tortoni
  • triton

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 25, 2023 uses the seven letters B, H, I, N, O, R, T, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 194 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 135 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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