Spelling Bee October 17, 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
40
Total points
171
Pangrams
4
Genius score
119
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- IMMOBILIZE
- IMMOBILIZE
- MOBILIZE
- MOBILIZE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
42 pts
25%
Great
68 pts
40%
Amazing
85 pts
50%
Genius
119 pts
70%
Queen Bee
171 pts
100%
All accepted words
- belie
- bell
- belle
- bezel
- bible
- bile
- bill
- blob
- bloom
- bobble
- boil
- boll
- bolo
- embezzle
- emblem
- immobile
- immobilize
- immobilize
- libel
- libelee
- limb
- limbo
- lime
- limo
- lobe
- lobo
- loll
- loom
- melee
- mile
- mill
- mobile
- mobilize
- mobilize
- moil
- mole
- moll
- oleo
- olio
- ollie
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 17, 2025 uses the seven letters B, E, I, L, M, O, Z, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 171 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 119 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.