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Spelling Bee September 16, 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: C

C
E
F
L
N
O
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

32

accepted entries

Total points

185

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

129

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CONFLUENCE
  • CONFLUENCE
  • FLOUNCE
  • FLOUNCE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

27 pts

15%

Nice

46 pts

25%

Great

74 pts

40%

Amazing

92 pts

50%

Genius

129 pts

70%

Queen Bee

185 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 18 words
  • cell
  • cello
  • cellule
  • clef
  • clone
  • clue
  • cocoon
  • coffee
  • colleen
  • colon
  • colonel
  • cone
  • confluence
  • confluence
  • cool
  • coulee
  • cuff
  • cull
E 1 word
  • effluence
F 4 words
  • fence
  • fleece
  • flounce
  • flounce
L 1 word
  • loco
N 3 words
  • neocon
  • nonce
  • nucleon
O 2 words
  • once
  • ounce
U 3 words
  • uncle
  • uncool
  • uncuff

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 16, 2025 uses the seven letters C, E, F, L, N, O, U, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 185 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 129 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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