Spelling Bee November 4, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
228
Pangrams
4
Genius score
159
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FLUCTUATE
- EFFECTUAL
- EFFECTUAL
- FLUCTUATE
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
57 pts
25%
Great
91 pts
40%
Amazing
114 pts
50%
Genius
159 pts
70%
Queen Bee
228 pts
100%
All accepted words
- actual
- actuate
- acute
- calculate
- caul
- cellule
- clue
- cuff
- cull
- cult
- cute
- cutlet
- cuttle
- effectual
- effectual
- effectuate
- factual
- fateful
- faucet
- fault
- flauta
- fluctuate
- fluctuate
- flue
- fluff
- flute
- fuel
- full
- lettuce
- luau
- luff
- lull
- lulu
- lute
- luteal
- tactful
- tactual
- taut
- tuffet
- tuft
- tulle
- tutee
- tutu
- ululate
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, November 4, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, E, F, L, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 228 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 159 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.