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
Puzzle stats
Total words
54
Total points
336
Pangrams
8
Genius score
235
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ENCHAINED
- ENCHAINED
- HACIENDA
- HACIENDA
- ECHIDNA
- CHAINED
- CHAINED
- ECHIDNA
Rank thresholds
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
- ache
- ached
- ahead
- cache
- cached
- chad
- chai
- chain
- chained
- chained
- chance
- chanced
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chide
- chided
- chin
- china
- chinned
- cinch
- cinched
- dacha
- deadhead
- deadheaded
- each
- echidna
- echidna
- echinacea
- enchain
- enchained
- enchained
- enhance
- enhanced
- hacienda
- hacienda
- hand
- handed
- head
- headache
- headed
- heed
- heeded
- heinie
- hence
- henna
- hennaed
- hidden
- hide
- hind
- inch
- inched
- 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.