Spelling Bee September 25, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
39
Total points
251
Pangrams
4
Genius score
175
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GROUPING
- GROUPING
- POURING
- POURING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
62 pts
25%
Great
100 pts
40%
Amazing
125 pts
50%
Genius
175 pts
70%
Queen Bee
251 pts
100%
All accepted words
- gouging
- group
- grouping
- grouping
- gunning
- guru
- inuring
- inurn
- inurning
- nonunion
- noun
- oppugn
- oppugning
- pinup
- popgun
- pour
- pouring
- pouring
- pronoun
- pruning
- punning
- purging
- purr
- purring
- rouging
- ruin
- ruing
- ruining
- rung
- running
- ungroup
- union
- unpin
- unpinning
- unrig
- unrigging
- upon
- upping
- urging
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 25, 2025 uses the seven letters G, I, N, O, P, R, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 251 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 175 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.