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Spelling Bee September 27, 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: L

C
E
I
L
M
N
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

31

accepted entries

Total points

150

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

105

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INCLEMENCY
  • INCLEMENCY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

22 pts

15%

Nice

37 pts

25%

Great

60 pts

40%

Amazing

75 pts

50%

Genius

105 pts

70%

Queen Bee

150 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 8 words
  • cell
  • celli
  • cicely
  • clemency
  • clime
  • clinic
  • cycle
  • cyclic
E 1 word
  • eely
I 6 words
  • icicle
  • icily
  • illy
  • inclemency
  • inclemency
  • incline
L 10 words
  • lenience
  • leniency
  • lice
  • lien
  • lily
  • lime
  • limn
  • line
  • linemen
  • linen
M 4 words
  • melee
  • mile
  • mill
  • myelin
N 1 word
  • nicely
Y 1 word
  • yell

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 27, 2025 uses the seven letters C, E, I, L, M, N, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 150 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 105 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 2 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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