Spelling Bee October 20, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
214
Pangrams
4
Genius score
149
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNHEEDING
- UNHEEDING
- UNHINGED
- UNHINGED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
53 pts
25%
Great
85 pts
40%
Amazing
107 pts
50%
Genius
149 pts
70%
Queen Bee
214 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ghee
- hedge
- hedged
- hedging
- heed
- heeded
- heeding
- heinie
- henge
- hidden
- hide
- hiding
- high
- hind
- hinge
- hinged
- hinging
- hued
- huge
- hugged
- hugging
- hung
- neigh
- neighed
- neighing
- nigh
- unheeded
- unheeding
- unheeding
- unhidden
- unhinge
- unhinged
- unhinged
- unhinging
- unhung
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, October 20, 2025 uses the seven letters D, E, G, H, I, N, U, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 214 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 149 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.