Spelling Bee May 5, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
47
Total points
201
Pangrams
2
Genius score
140
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PARANORMAL
- PARANORMAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
100 pts
50%
Genius
140 pts
70%
Queen Bee
201 pts
100%
All accepted words
- appall
- apron
- lamp
- lampoon
- lollop
- loop
- malaprop
- napalm
- nonpolar
- opal
- palapa
- pall
- pallor
- palm
- palp
- pampa
- panama
- panorama
- papa
- papal
- paranormal
- paranormal
- parlor
- parol
- plan
- planar
- plop
- polar
- poll
- polo
- pomp
- pompano
- pompom
- pool
- poolroom
- poop
- poor
- poplar
- poppa
- porn
- porno
- pram
- prom
- promo
- prop
- ramp
- romp
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 5, 2025 uses the seven letters A, L, M, N, O, P, R, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 201 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 140 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.