NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 25, 2025

Thursday, September 25, 2025

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 25, 2025 puts U in the center, with G, I, N, O, P, R around it. There are 63 valid words. It plays like a Medium puzzle.

Try the hive yourself first if you want, then use the list below to catch what you missed. Every word includes U. Tap a word for a short definition.

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63Words

426Points

298Genius

7Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Tap a hive letter to show words that start with it. Tap it again to clear. Every word includes U.

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

10-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterU

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words63

Points426

Pangrams7

Longest word10

Average length6.5

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 298 points. Queen Bee is 426.

Your score Genius · 128 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start9

Moving Up21

Good34

Solid64

Nice107

Great170

Amazing213

298Genius298

Queen Bee426

Letter Distribution

How many words start with each letter. Tap a letter to mark those words in the list above.

Points by Word Length

Where the 426 points of this puzzle sit. Tap a row to open that length in the answer list.

Pangram Breakdown

GROUPING

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: G ×2

INGROUP

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

INPOURING

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2, N ×2

POURING

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

PROROGUING

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: R ×2, O ×2, G ×2

ROUPING

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

UPPROPPING

10 letters 17 points 3 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: P ×4

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 380 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 38th percentile

Total points 70th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	63	74.7	154	18
Points	426	359.1	892	60
Pangrams	7	2.08	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The September 25, 2025 hive put U in the center with G, I, N, O, P, R around it. Queen Bee needed all 63 words (426 points). Genius sat at 298.

Pangrams on this date: GROUPING, INGROUP, INPOURING, POURING, PROROGUING, ROUPING, UPPROPPING. Top starting letters: P (19), U (13). Longest accepted word: 10 letters. Difficulty: Medium.