Spelling Bee November 14, 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: K
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
150
Pangrams
2
Genius score
105
Center letter
K
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANKLEBONE
- ANKLEBONE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
37 pts
25%
Great
60 pts
40%
Amazing
75 pts
50%
Genius
105 pts
70%
Queen Bee
150 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ankle
- anklebone
- anklebone
- babka
- bake
- balk
- bank
- bankable
- beak
- blank
- bleak
- bloke
- bonk
- book
- bookable
- kabob
- kale
- kebab
- keel
- keen
- kennel
- keno
- knee
- kneel
- knell
- knob
- knoll
- koala
- koan
- kola
- kook
- lake
- lank
- leak
- leek
- look
- lookbook
- nankeen
- nook
- oaken
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, November 14, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, E, K, L, N, O, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 150 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 105 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.