Spelling Bee May 8, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
279
Pangrams
2
Genius score
195
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PRACTICAL
- PRACTICAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
69 pts
25%
Great
111 pts
40%
Amazing
139 pts
50%
Genius
195 pts
70%
Queen Bee
279 pts
100%
All accepted words
- altar
- apart
- apparat
- arctic
- aria
- aril
- atria
- atrial
- attar
- attract
- carat
- carp
- carpal
- carpi
- cart
- cataract
- circa
- cirri
- citric
- claptrap
- crap
- critic
- critical
- lair
- lariat
- liar
- lira
- pair
- part
- partial
- partita
- pillar
- piratic
- practical
- practical
- prat
- priapic
- racial
- rail
- railcar
- raita
- rapt
- ratatat
- rattail
- rattrap
- rial
- rill
- tapir
- tarp
- tart
- tartar
- tiara
- tract
- trail
- trait
- trap
- trial
- trill
- trip
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 8, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, I, L, P, R, T, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 279 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 195 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.