Spelling Bee May 7, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
219
Pangrams
2
Genius score
153
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LOCOMOTION
- LOCOMOTION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
54 pts
25%
Great
87 pts
40%
Amazing
109 pts
50%
Genius
153 pts
70%
Queen Bee
219 pts
100%
All accepted words
- clinic
- cocoon
- coin
- colon
- colonic
- common
- commotion
- concoct
- concoction
- conic
- cotillion
- cotton
- icon
- iconic
- into
- ionic
- limn
- lint
- lion
- locomotion
- locomotion
- loin
- loon
- lotion
- million
- mini
- minim
- minion
- mint
- mono
- moon
- moonlit
- motion
- noncom
- nonillion
- noon
- notion
- octillion
- onion
- onto
- tinct
- tint
- tonic
- toon
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 7, 2025 uses the seven letters C, I, L, M, N, O, T, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 219 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 153 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.