Spelling Bee October 18, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
172
Pangrams
2
Genius score
120
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LUNCHEON
- LUNCHEON
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
43 pts
25%
Great
68 pts
40%
Amazing
86 pts
50%
Genius
120 pts
70%
Queen Bee
172 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cello
- cloche
- clone
- cocoon
- coho
- colleen
- colon
- colonel
- conch
- cone
- cool
- couch
- coulee
- echelon
- echo
- hellhole
- hello
- hole
- honcho
- hone
- hooch
- loch
- loco
- loll
- lone
- loon
- louche
- luncheon
- luncheon
- neocon
- neon
- noel
- nonce
- none
- noon
- noun
- nucleon
- oleo
- once
- ouch
- ounce
- uncool
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 18, 2025 uses the seven letters C, E, H, L, N, O, U, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 172 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 120 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.