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Spelling Bee May 29, 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: M

A
C
E
I
M
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

50

accepted entries

Total points

185

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

129

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PEACETIME
  • PEACETIME

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

27 pts

15%

Nice

46 pts

25%

Great

74 pts

40%

Amazing

92 pts

50%

Genius

129 pts

70%

Queen Bee

185 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • acme
  • attempt
C 3 words
  • came
  • cami
  • camp
E 4 words
  • emaciate
  • emcee
  • emetic
  • emit
I 4 words
  • imam
  • imitate
  • impact
  • item
M 20 words
  • mace
  • maim
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mate
  • matte
  • meat
  • mecca
  • meet
  • meme
  • memetic
  • meta
  • mete
  • mica
  • mice
  • mime
  • mimetic
  • mimic
  • mite
  • mitt
P 4 words
  • pampa
  • peacetime
  • peacetime
  • pimp
T 13 words
  • tame
  • tamp
  • tatami
  • team
  • teammate
  • teatime
  • teem
  • temp
  • tempi
  • tempt
  • time
  • timepiece
  • titmice

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 29, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, M, P, T, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 185 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 129 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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