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Spelling Bee September 22, 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: D

D
G
H
I
N
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

35

accepted entries

Total points

208

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

145

70% of total

Center letter

D

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HOTDOGGING
  • HOTDOGGING
  • GOODNIGHT
  • GOODNIGHT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

31 pts

15%

Nice

52 pts

25%

Great

83 pts

40%

Amazing

104 pts

50%

Genius

145 pts

70%

Queen Bee

208 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 20 words
  • dhoti
  • digging
  • digit
  • ding
  • dinging
  • dingo
  • dining
  • dino
  • dint
  • ditto
  • dodging
  • dodo
  • dogging
  • doggo
  • doing
  • dong
  • donning
  • doth
  • doting
  • dotting
G 3 words
  • good
  • goodnight
  • goodnight
H 8 words
  • hiding
  • hind
  • hood
  • hooding
  • hoodoo
  • hotdog
  • hotdogging
  • hotdogging
I 2 words
  • idiot
  • indigo
N 1 word
  • nodding
T 1 word
  • tiding

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, September 22, 2025 uses the seven letters D, G, H, I, N, O, T, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 208 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 145 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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