Spelling Bee September 9, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
61
Total points
296
Pangrams
4
Genius score
207
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EMBOLDENED
- EMBOLDENED
- EMBOLDEN
- EMBOLDEN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
23 pts
8%
Solid
44 pts
15%
Nice
74 pts
25%
Great
118 pts
40%
Amazing
148 pts
50%
Genius
207 pts
70%
Queen Bee
296 pts
100%
All accepted words
- been
- bellmen
- bend
- blend
- blended
- blond
- blonde
- bonbon
- bond
- bonded
- bone
- boned
- bonobo
- boon
- debone
- deboned
- demon
- done
- donee
- donned
- ebon
- embolden
- embolden
- emboldened
- emboldened
- emend
- emended
- ended
- ennoble
- ennobled
- lemon
- lend
- lone
- loon
- melodeon
- melon
- mend
- mended
- mondo
- mono
- moon
- mooned
- need
- needed
- needle
- needled
- nene
- neon
- noble
- noblemen
- nodded
- node
- noel
- none
- noob
- noodle
- noodled
- noon
- odeon
- olden
- omen
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 9, 2025 uses the seven letters B, D, E, L, M, N, O, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 296 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 207 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.