Word Hints

for NYT Spelling Bee — Thursday, October 23, 2025

Letters from the NYT Spelling Bee puzzle — October 23, 2025

BCFIKLA
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Word count + point totalHow many words, total points, and rank thresholds
Show the pangrams2 words using all 7 letters
Word counts by lengthHow many 4-letter, 5-letter words etc. — no words revealed
Words by first letterWord counts per starting letter
Full word listEvery word with point values — pangrams highlighted
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Word count + points
49
words
234
total points
163
for Genius
Rank thresholds
Queen Bee 234 pts
Genius 163 pts
Amazing 117 pts
Great 93 pts
Nice 58 pts
Solid 35 pts
Good 18 pts
Moving Up 11 pts
Good Start 4 pts
Beginner 0 pts
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Pangrams

2 words use all 7 letters.

1BACKFILL
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Words by length
15
4-letter
15
5-letter
7
6-letter
3
7-letter
7
8-letter
2
9-letter
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Words by first letter

Word counts per starting letter. Full words revealed in the next section.

A
8 words
B
15 words
C
8 words
F
9 words
I
1 word
K
2 words
L
6 words
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All 49 words
ABACI5pt
ABACK5pt
ACACIA6pt
ACAI1pt
ALACK5pt
ALFALFA7pt
ALIBI5pt
ALKALI6pt
BABA1pt
BABKA5pt
BACILLI7pt
BACK1pt
BACKFILL15pt
BAIL1pt
BAILIFF7pt
BALALAIKA9pt
BALK1pt
BALL1pt
BIBLICAL8pt
BILABIAL8pt
BLAB1pt
BLACK5pt
BLACKBALL9pt
CABAL5pt
CABALA6pt
CALF1pt
CALL1pt
CALLA5pt
CALLBACK8pt
CILIA5pt
CLACK5pt
FACIAL6pt
FAIL1pt
FALL1pt
FALLBACK8pt
FILIAL6pt
FLAB1pt
FLACK5pt
FLAIL5pt
FLAK1pt
ILIAC5pt
KICKBACK8pt
KICKBALL8pt
LABIA5pt
LABIAL6pt
LACK1pt
LAIC1pt
LAICAL6pt
LILAC5pt

Queen Bee! 🐝

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