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Spelling Bee October 19, 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

B
E
F
G
I
N
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

329

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

230

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BENEFITTING
  • BENEFITTING
  • BENEFITING
  • BENEFITING
  • BEFITTING
  • BEFITTING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

131 pts

40%

Amazing

164 pts

50%

Genius

230 pts

70%

Queen Bee

329 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 17 words
  • beet
  • befit
  • befitting
  • befitting
  • beget
  • begetting
  • beignet
  • benefit
  • benefiting
  • benefiting
  • benefitting
  • benefitting
  • bent
  • betting
  • bite
  • biting
  • bitten
E 2 words
  • effete
  • entente
F 8 words
  • feet
  • feint
  • feinting
  • fete
  • feting
  • fifteen
  • finite
  • fitting
G 4 words
  • gent
  • getting
  • gift
  • gifting
I 4 words
  • ignite
  • igniting
  • infinite
  • intent
N 3 words
  • netting
  • nineteen
  • nite
T 14 words
  • teeing
  • teen
  • teff
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tenting
  • tiff
  • tine
  • tinge
  • tingeing
  • tinging
  • tinning
  • tint
  • tinting

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 19, 2025 uses the seven letters B, E, F, G, I, N, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 329 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 230 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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