Spelling Bee November 20, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
252
Pangrams
2
Genius score
176
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INGENUITY
- INGENUITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
100 pts
40%
Amazing
126 pts
50%
Genius
176 pts
70%
Queen Bee
252 pts
100%
All accepted words
- egging
- eggy
- engine
- ennui
- entente
- entity
- eyeing
- eying
- gene
- genie
- genii
- gent
- genuine
- getting
- gigue
- ignite
- ingenue
- ingenuity
- ingenuity
- innie
- intent
- nene
- netting
- netty
- nine
- nineteen
- ninety
- nite
- nugget
- teeing
- teen
- teeny
- tenet
- tent
- tenting
- tenuity
- tine
- tinge
- tingeing
- tune
- tutee
- unguent
- unite
- untie
- untune
- yenning
- yente
- yeti
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, November 20, 2025 uses the seven letters E, G, I, N, T, U, Y, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 252 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 176 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.