Spelling Bee September 18, 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: V
Puzzle stats
Total words
23
Total points
205
Pangrams
4
Genius score
143
Center letter
V
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- AGGRAVATING
- GRAVITATING
- AGGRAVATING
- GRAVITATING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
51 pts
25%
Great
82 pts
40%
Amazing
102 pts
50%
Genius
143 pts
70%
Queen Bee
205 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aggravating
- aggravating
- arriving
- avatar
- avian
- aviating
- giving
- gravitating
- gravitating
- invariant
- inviting
- navigating
- nirvana
- ravaging
- raving
- titivating
- trivia
- vagina
- vagrant
- vain
- variant
- virgin
- vitiating
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 18, 2025 uses the seven letters A, G, I, N, R, T, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 23 accepted words for a total of 205 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 143 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.