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Spelling Bee October 4, 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

A
C
D
E
H
I
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

54

accepted entries

Total points

336

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

8

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

235

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ENCHAINED
  • ENCHAINED
  • HACIENDA
  • HACIENDA
  • ECHIDNA
  • CHAINED
  • CHAINED
  • ECHIDNA

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

16 pts

5%

Good

26 pts

8%

Solid

50 pts

15%

Nice

84 pts

25%

Great

134 pts

40%

Amazing

168 pts

50%

Genius

235 pts

70%

Queen Bee

336 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • ache
  • ached
  • ahead
C 20 words
  • cache
  • cached
  • chad
  • chai
  • chain
  • chained
  • chained
  • chance
  • chanced
  • chia
  • chic
  • chica
  • chichi
  • chide
  • chided
  • chin
  • china
  • chinned
  • cinch
  • cinched
D 3 words
  • dacha
  • deadhead
  • deadheaded
E 9 words
  • each
  • echidna
  • echidna
  • echinacea
  • enchain
  • enchained
  • enchained
  • enhance
  • enhanced
H 16 words
  • hacienda
  • hacienda
  • hand
  • handed
  • head
  • headache
  • headed
  • heed
  • heeded
  • heinie
  • hence
  • henna
  • hennaed
  • hidden
  • hide
  • hind
I 2 words
  • inch
  • inched
N 1 word
  • niche

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 4, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, H, I, N, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 336 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 235 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 8 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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