Spelling Bee September 8, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
140
Pangrams
2
Genius score
98
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GALUMPH
- GALUMPH
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
56 pts
40%
Amazing
70 pts
50%
Genius
98 pts
70%
Queen Bee
140 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alga
- algal
- alpha
- alum
- amalgam
- appall
- gaga
- gala
- gall
- galumph
- galumph
- gamma
- glam
- gulag
- halal
- hall
- haul
- hula
- lama
- lamp
- laugh
- llama
- luau
- magma
- mall
- mama
- mamma
- mammal
- maul
- mullah
- palapa
- pall
- palm
- palp
- pampa
- papa
- papal
- puma
- pupa
- pupal
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, September 8, 2025 uses the seven letters A, G, H, L, M, P, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 140 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 98 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.