Spelling Bee May 27, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
209
Pangrams
2
Genius score
146
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NIGHTLY
- NIGHTLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
31 pts
15%
Nice
52 pts
25%
Great
83 pts
40%
Amazing
104 pts
50%
Genius
146 pts
70%
Queen Bee
209 pts
100%
All accepted words
- high
- highlight
- highlighting
- highly
- hill
- hilling
- hilly
- hilt
- hinging
- hinny
- hint
- hinting
- hitting
- light
- lighting
- lightly
- lightning
- nigh
- night
- nightlight
- nightly
- nightly
- ninth
- ninthly
- thigh
- thin
- thing
- thingy
- thinly
- thinning
- tight
- tightly
- tilth
- tithing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 27, 2025 uses the seven letters G, H, I, L, N, T, Y, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 209 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 146 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.