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Spelling Bee September 30, 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: I

B
C
E
I
L
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

47

accepted entries

Total points

222

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

155

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • COLLECTIBLE
  • COLLECTIBLE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

17 pts

8%

Solid

33 pts

15%

Nice

55 pts

25%

Great

88 pts

40%

Amazing

111 pts

50%

Genius

155 pts

70%

Queen Bee

222 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 12 words
  • belie
  • belittle
  • bibelot
  • bible
  • bile
  • bill
  • billet
  • biotic
  • bite
  • bocci
  • boil
  • bootie
C 9 words
  • celli
  • cite
  • cocci
  • coil
  • colic
  • collectible
  • collectible
  • collie
  • cootie
E 3 words
  • eclectic
  • elicit
  • elite
I 2 words
  • icicle
  • illicit
L 8 words
  • libel
  • libelee
  • lice
  • licit
  • lilt
  • lite
  • little
  • loci
O 4 words
  • obit
  • oleic
  • olio
  • ollie
T 9 words
  • tile
  • till
  • tilt
  • title
  • tittle
  • toil
  • toile
  • toilet
  • toilette

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 30, 2025 uses the seven letters B, C, E, I, L, O, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 222 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 155 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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