Spelling Bee October 12, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
68
Total points
366
Pangrams
6
Genius score
256
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BALLETIC
- BALLETIC
- CELIBATE
- CELIBATE
- CITABLE
- CITABLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
29 pts
8%
Solid
54 pts
15%
Nice
91 pts
25%
Great
146 pts
40%
Amazing
183 pts
50%
Genius
256 pts
70%
Queen Bee
366 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abaci
- abate
- abet
- ablate
- able
- albeit
- alibi
- baba
- babble
- babe
- babel
- bacilli
- bail
- bait
- bale
- ball
- ballet
- balletic
- balletic
- bate
- battle
- beat
- beatable
- beet
- beetle
- belie
- belittle
- bell
- belle
- belt
- beta
- betel
- bible
- biblical
- bilabial
- bile
- bill
- billable
- billet
- bite
- blab
- blat
- bleat
- cabal
- cabala
- cabbie
- cable
- callable
- celeb
- celibate
- celibate
- ciabatta
- citable
- citable
- electable
- label
- labia
- labial
- labile
- liable
- libel
- libelee
- tabla
- table
- tablet
- tibia
- tibiae
- tibial
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 12, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, I, L, T, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 68 accepted words for a total of 366 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 256 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.