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Spelling Bee October 22, 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

C
G
I
L
O
T
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

27

accepted entries

Total points

101

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

70

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • TOXICOLOGIC
  • TOXICOLOGIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

15 pts

15%

Nice

25 pts

25%

Great

40 pts

40%

Amazing

50 pts

50%

Genius

70 pts

70%

Queen Bee

101 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 8 words
  • clog
  • clot
  • cocci
  • coil
  • colic
  • colt
  • cool
  • coot
G 2 words
  • gigolo
  • googol
I 2 words
  • igloo
  • illogic
L 7 words
  • loci
  • loco
  • logic
  • logo
  • loll
  • loot
  • lotto
O 1 word
  • olio
T 7 words
  • toil
  • toll
  • tool
  • toot
  • toxic
  • toxicologic
  • toxicologic

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 22, 2025 uses the seven letters C, G, I, L, O, T, X, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 101 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 70 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.

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

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