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Spelling Bee September 12, 2025 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: I

C
H
I
K
M
N
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

20

accepted entries

Total points

89

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

62

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MUNCHKIN
  • MUNCHKIN

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

1 pts

2%

Moving Up

4 pts

5%

Good

7 pts

8%

Solid

13 pts

15%

Nice

22 pts

25%

Great

35 pts

40%

Amazing

44 pts

50%

Genius

62 pts

70%

Queen Bee

89 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 6 words
  • chic
  • chichi
  • chick
  • chin
  • cinch
  • cumin
H 1 word
  • hick
I 1 word
  • inch
K 3 words
  • kick
  • kimchi
  • kink
M 7 words
  • mimic
  • mini
  • minim
  • minimum
  • mink
  • munchkin
  • munchkin
N 1 word
  • nick
U 1 word
  • unkink

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, September 12, 2025 uses the seven letters C, H, I, K, M, N, U, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 20 accepted words for a total of 89 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 62 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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