Spelling Bee November 30, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
282
Pangrams
6
Genius score
197
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HICCOUGHING
- HICCOUGHING
- COUGHING
- COUGHING
- COUCHING
- COUCHING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
42 pts
15%
Nice
70 pts
25%
Great
112 pts
40%
Amazing
141 pts
50%
Genius
197 pts
70%
Queen Bee
282 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chignon
- chino
- cocci
- cocoon
- cocooning
- coho
- coin
- coining
- conch
- conic
- conning
- cooing
- couch
- couching
- couching
- cough
- coughing
- coughing
- gnocchi
- going
- gong
- gonging
- goon
- gouging
- hiccough
- hiccoughing
- hiccoughing
- hogging
- honcho
- honing
- hooch
- icon
- iconic
- ionic
- noggin
- nonunion
- noon
- noun
- nuncio
- ongoing
- onion
- ouch
- union
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, November 30, 2025 uses the seven letters C, G, H, I, N, O, U, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 282 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 197 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.