Spelling Bee October 10, 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
32
Total points
100
Pangrams
2
Genius score
70
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PUPPYLIKE
- PUPPYLIKE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
15 pts
15%
Nice
25 pts
25%
Great
40 pts
40%
Amazing
50 pts
50%
Genius
70 pts
70%
Queen Bee
100 pts
100%
All accepted words
- eely
- illy
- keel
- kelp
- kelpie
- kill
- leek
- lieu
- like
- likely
- lily
- lippy
- lull
- lulu
- peel
- pile
- pileup
- pill
- plie
- pule
- puli
- pull
- pulley
- pulp
- pulpy
- pupil
- puppylike
- puppylike
- ukulele
- yell
- yelp
- yule
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 10, 2025 uses the seven letters E, I, K, L, P, U, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 100 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 70 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.