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Spelling Bee October 25, 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: F

A
E
F
K
L
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

212

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

148

70% of total

Center letter

F

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FOLKTALE
  • FOLKTALE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

31 pts

15%

Nice

53 pts

25%

Great

84 pts

40%

Amazing

106 pts

50%

Genius

148 pts

70%

Queen Bee

212 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • afloat
  • afoot
  • alfalfa
  • aloft
  • aloof
E 1 word
  • effete
F 35 words
  • fake
  • falafel
  • fall
  • falloff
  • fatal
  • fate
  • feat
  • feel
  • feet
  • fell
  • fella
  • fellate
  • felt
  • feta
  • fetal
  • fete
  • fettle
  • flak
  • flake
  • flat
  • flatfeet
  • flatfoot
  • flea
  • flee
  • fleet
  • float
  • floe
  • foal
  • folate
  • folk
  • folktale
  • folktale
  • fool
  • foot
  • footfall
L 6 words
  • leaf
  • leaflet
  • left
  • loaf
  • loft
  • loofa
O 1 word
  • offal
T 4 words
  • taffeta
  • takeoff
  • teff
  • toffee

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 25, 2025 uses the seven letters A, E, F, K, L, O, T, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 212 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 148 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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