NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 12, 2025

Sunday, October 12, 2025

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 12, 2025 puts B in the center, with A, C, E, I, L, T around it. There are 123 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 B. Tap a word for a short definition.

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123Words

653Points

457Genius

4Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterB

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words123

Points653

Pangrams4

Longest word9

Average length5.8

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 457 points. Queen Bee is 653.

Your score Genius · 196 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start13

Moving Up33

Good52

Solid98

Nice163

Great261

Amazing327

457Genius457

Queen Bee653

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

Pangram Breakdown

BALLETIC

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: L ×2

CELIBATE

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: E ×2

CITABLE

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

CITEABLE

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: E ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 380 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 94th percentile

Total points 94th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	123	74.7	154	18
Points	653	359.1	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.08	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The October 12, 2025 hive put B in the center with A, C, E, I, L, T around it. Queen Bee needed all 123 words (653 points). Genius sat at 457.

Pangrams on this date: BALLETIC, CELIBATE, CITABLE, CITEABLE. Top starting letters: B (61), A (23). Longest accepted word: 9 letters. Difficulty: Medium.