Spelling Bee November 23, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
220
Pangrams
2
Genius score
154
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ENNOBLEMENT
- ENNOBLEMENT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
55 pts
25%
Great
88 pts
40%
Amazing
110 pts
50%
Genius
154 pts
70%
Queen Bee
220 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beetle
- bell
- belle
- bellmen
- belt
- betel
- blob
- bloom
- blot
- blotto
- bobble
- boll
- bolo
- bolt
- boomlet
- bottle
- element
- emblem
- ennoble
- ennoblement
- ennoblement
- lemon
- lent
- lento
- lobe
- lobo
- loll
- lone
- loom
- loon
- loot
- lotto
- melee
- melon
- melt
- mettle
- mole
- moll
- molt
- molten
- motel
- mottle
- nettle
- noble
- noblemen
- noel
- oleo
- omelet
- omelette
- tell
- toll
- tool
- tootle
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, November 23, 2025 uses the seven letters B, E, L, M, N, O, T, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 220 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 154 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.