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Spelling Bee Answers for July 31, 2025

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words66
Pangrams2
Points possible378
Center letterB
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published July 31, 2025·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

LI
RBA
NG

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
31 pts
Good
57 pts
Solid
95 pts
Nice
152 pts
Great
189 pts
Amazing
265 pts
Genius
322 pts
Queen Bee
378 pts
Total words
66
Pangrams
2
Possible points
378

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 2 pangrams
garbling +15 ptsblaring +14 pts

The full word list

All 66 valid Spelling Bee solutions for July 31, 2025, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters15 words
bababailballbangbarbbarnbillblabblinbragbranbriggarbglibgrab
5 letters9 words
alibibanalblingblinibrainbriarbringlabiarabbi
6 letters9 words
airbagbaaingbalingbananabaringbirriagibinglabialragbag
7 letters19 words
airballbaggingbailingballingbangingbanningbargainbargingbarringbillingbingingbinningblaringbribingbrininggabbinggarbingnabbingribbing
8 letters10 words
babblingbilabialblabbingbraggingbrainingbringinggabblinggarblinggrabbingnibbling
9 letters3 words
barbarianbarraginglibrarian
10 letters1 word
bargaining

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

garbling +15blaring +14bargaining +10barbarian +9barraging +9

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for July 31, 2025 has 66 valid words for a total of 378 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 322 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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