Spelling Bee September 21, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
254
Pangrams
8
Genius score
177
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANTIAIRCRAFT
- ANTIAIRCRAFT
- FRANTIC
- INFARCT
- INFRACT
- INFRACT
- INFARCT
- FRANTIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
101 pts
40%
Amazing
127 pts
50%
Genius
177 pts
70%
Queen Bee
254 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afar
- affair
- affiant
- aircraft
- antiaircraft
- antiaircraft
- antifa
- artifact
- caftan
- craft
- fact
- faint
- fair
- fanatic
- fanfic
- farina
- fart
- fiat
- franc
- frantic
- frantic
- frat
- friar
- frittata
- infant
- infarct
- infarct
- infract
- infract
- naif
- raffia
- raft
- riff
- riffraff
- rift
- tariff
- tiff
- traffic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 21, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, F, I, N, R, T, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 254 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 177 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.