Spelling Bee November 17, 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
36
Total points
227
Pangrams
2
Genius score
158
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CURVING
- CURVING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
34 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
90 pts
40%
Amazing
113 pts
50%
Genius
158 pts
70%
Queen Bee
227 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cringing
- cuing
- cunning
- curing
- curving
- curving
- gigging
- ginning
- giving
- grin
- grinning
- gunning
- icing
- incur
- incurring
- inning
- inuring
- inurn
- inurning
- nigiri
- ricin
- ricing
- rigging
- ring
- ringing
- ruin
- ruing
- ruining
- rung
- runic
- running
- ungiving
- unrig
- unrigging
- urging
- virgin
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, November 17, 2025 uses the seven letters C, G, I, N, R, U, V, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 227 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 158 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.