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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

B
C
D
E
I
N
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

284

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

198

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • OBEDIENCE
  • OBEDIENCE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
B 11 words
  • bide
  • bided
  • bind
  • bindi
  • binned
  • biocide
  • bionic
  • bobbin
  • bocci
  • bodice
  • bodied
C 8 words
  • cocci
  • codeine
  • coin
  • coincide
  • coincided
  • coincidence
  • coined
  • conic
D 14 words
  • decide
  • decided
  • deice
  • deiced
  • deicide
  • denied
  • dice
  • diced
  • died
  • dine
  • dined
  • dino
  • diode
  • doobie
E 2 words
  • ecocide
  • eddied
I 11 words
  • iced
  • icon
  • iconic
  • incidence
  • indeed
  • indie
  • innie
  • innocence
  • iodide
  • iodine
  • ionic
N 3 words
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine
O 3 words
  • 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.

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

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