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Spelling Bee September 7, 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: D

D
G
I
N
O
P
R

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

300

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

210

70% of total

Center letter

D

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DROPPING
  • PRODDING
  • DROOPING
  • PRODDING
  • DROPPING
  • DROOPING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

15 pts

5%

Good

24 pts

8%

Solid

45 pts

15%

Nice

75 pts

25%

Great

120 pts

40%

Amazing

150 pts

50%

Genius

210 pts

70%

Queen Bee

300 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 27 words
  • digging
  • ding
  • dinging
  • dingo
  • dining
  • dino
  • dipping
  • dodging
  • dodo
  • dogging
  • doggo
  • doing
  • dong
  • donning
  • donor
  • door
  • doping
  • drip
  • dripping
  • droid
  • droning
  • droop
  • drooping
  • drooping
  • drop
  • dropping
  • dropping
G 7 words
  • gird
  • girding
  • good
  • grid
  • gridiron
  • grind
  • grinding
I 2 words
  • indigo
  • indoor
N 1 word
  • nodding
O 2 words
  • odor
  • opioid
P 6 words
  • pidgin
  • pond
  • priding
  • prod
  • prodding
  • prodding
R 7 words
  • ridding
  • ridging
  • riding
  • rigid
  • rind
  • rondo
  • rood

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 7, 2025 uses the seven letters D, G, I, N, O, P, R, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 300 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 210 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 6 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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