Spelling Bee November 18, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
143
Pangrams
2
Genius score
100
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MICROCRACK
- MICROCRACK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
57 pts
40%
Amazing
71 pts
50%
Genius
100 pts
70%
Queen Bee
143 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ammo
- amok
- armor
- aroma
- cami
- camo
- carom
- coma
- comic
- comma
- cram
- imam
- karma
- karmic
- korma
- macro
- maim
- maki
- mako
- mama
- mamma
- maraca
- mark
- marm
- mica
- micro
- microcrack
- microcrack
- mimic
- mirror
- mock
- momma
- moor
- morocco
- roam
- romcom
- room
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, November 18, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, I, K, M, O, R, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 143 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 100 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.