Spelling Bee November 9, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
46
Total points
242
Pangrams
2
Genius score
169
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANCILLARY
- ANCILLARY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
60 pts
25%
Great
96 pts
40%
Amazing
121 pts
50%
Genius
169 pts
70%
Queen Bee
242 pts
100%
All accepted words
- anal
- anally
- ancillary
- ancillary
- annal
- arancini
- arcana
- arnica
- cairn
- canal
- canary
- cancan
- canna
- cannily
- canny
- carnal
- carnally
- carny
- clan
- clinic
- clinical
- clinically
- clinician
- crania
- cranial
- cranny
- cyan
- cynic
- cynical
- cynically
- inlay
- lain
- lanai
- naan
- nail
- nana
- nanny
- narc
- nary
- niacin
- ninny
- rain
- rainy
- rani
- ricin
- yarn
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, November 9, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, I, L, N, R, Y, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 242 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 169 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.