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Spelling Bee October 29, 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: L

C
D
E
I
L
N
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

61

accepted entries

Total points

307

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

214

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INCLUDED
  • INCLUDED
  • INCLUDE
  • INCLUDE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

15 pts

5%

Good

24 pts

8%

Solid

46 pts

15%

Nice

76 pts

25%

Great

122 pts

40%

Amazing

153 pts

50%

Genius

214 pts

70%

Queen Bee

307 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 11 words
  • cell
  • celled
  • celli
  • cellule
  • clinic
  • clue
  • clued
  • cuddle
  • cuddled
  • cull
  • culled
D 13 words
  • decline
  • declined
  • deli
  • dell
  • delude
  • deluded
  • diddle
  • diddled
  • dill
  • duel
  • dueled
  • dull
  • dulled
E 4 words
  • elide
  • elided
  • elude
  • eluded
I 9 words
  • icicle
  • idle
  • idled
  • incline
  • inclined
  • include
  • include
  • included
  • included
L 17 words
  • lede
  • lend
  • lenience
  • leucine
  • lice
  • lidded
  • lied
  • lien
  • lieu
  • line
  • lined
  • linen
  • lucid
  • lull
  • lulled
  • lulu
  • lune
N 5 words
  • needle
  • needled
  • nuclei
  • nucleic
  • null
U 2 words
  • uncle
  • unlined

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 29, 2025 uses the seven letters C, D, E, I, L, N, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 307 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 214 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.

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

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