Spelling Bee October 16, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
67
Total points
331
Pangrams
2
Genius score
231
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXULTANT
- EXULTANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
26 pts
8%
Solid
49 pts
15%
Nice
82 pts
25%
Great
132 pts
40%
Amazing
165 pts
50%
Genius
231 pts
70%
Queen Bee
331 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ante
- antenatal
- antenna
- antennae
- attenuate
- attune
- aunt
- eaten
- elate
- entente
- exalt
- exeunt
- extant
- extent
- extenuate
- exult
- exultant
- exultant
- lantana
- late
- laten
- latent
- latex
- latte
- leant
- lent
- lunate
- lunette
- lute
- luteal
- natal
- natant
- neat
- neaten
- nettle
- next
- tale
- talent
- tall
- tattle
- tattletale
- taunt
- taut
- tauten
- taxa
- teal
- teat
- teen
- teletext
- telex
- tell
- telltale
- tenant
- tenet
- tent
- text
- textual
- tulle
- tuna
- tune
- tunnel
- tutee
- tutu
- ululate
- uneaten
- unlet
- untune
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 16, 2025 uses the seven letters A, E, L, N, T, U, X, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 67 accepted words for a total of 331 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 231 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.