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
Puzzle stats
Total words
61
Total points
307
Pangrams
4
Genius score
214
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INCLUDED
- INCLUDED
- INCLUDE
- INCLUDE
Rank thresholds
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
- cell
- celled
- celli
- cellule
- clinic
- clue
- clued
- cuddle
- cuddled
- cull
- culled
- decline
- declined
- deli
- dell
- delude
- deluded
- diddle
- diddled
- dill
- duel
- dueled
- dull
- dulled
- elide
- elided
- elude
- eluded
- icicle
- idle
- idled
- incline
- inclined
- include
- include
- included
- included
- lede
- lend
- lenience
- leucine
- lice
- lidded
- lied
- lien
- lieu
- line
- lined
- linen
- lucid
- lull
- lulled
- lulu
- lune
- needle
- needled
- nuclei
- nucleic
- null
- 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.