Spelling Bee May 30, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
284
Pangrams
2
Genius score
198
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OBEDIENCE
- OBEDIENCE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
42 pts
15%
Nice
71 pts
25%
Great
113 pts
40%
Amazing
142 pts
50%
Genius
198 pts
70%
Queen Bee
284 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bide
- bided
- bind
- bindi
- binned
- biocide
- bionic
- bobbin
- bocci
- bodice
- bodied
- cocci
- codeine
- coin
- coincide
- coincided
- coincidence
- coined
- conic
- decide
- decided
- deice
- deiced
- deicide
- denied
- dice
- diced
- died
- dine
- dined
- dino
- diode
- doobie
- ecocide
- eddied
- iced
- icon
- iconic
- incidence
- indeed
- indie
- innie
- innocence
- iodide
- iodine
- ionic
- nice
- niece
- nine
- obedience
- obedience
- onion
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 30, 2025 uses the seven letters B, C, D, E, I, N, O, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 284 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 198 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.