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Spelling Bee Answers for November 11, 2025

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

Words47
Pangrams2
Points possible271
Center letterY
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published November 11, 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.

AL
IYN
GD

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
22 pts
Good
41 pts
Solid
68 pts
Nice
109 pts
Great
136 pts
Amazing
190 pts
Genius
231 pts
Queen Bee
271 pts
Total words
47
Pangrams
2
Possible points
271

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
dillydallying +20 ptsdallying +15 pts

The full word list

All 47 valid Spelling Bee solutions for November 11, 2025, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters8 words
allydyadidlyidylillyladylilyyang
5 letters18 words
allaydaddydailydallydandydillydingydyinggailygaylygiddyidyllinlaylaggylyingnaggynannyninny
6 letters8 words
anallydanglydiddlygainlyganglygigglygladlylaying
7 letters4 words
allyingdandilydaylilygiddily
8 letters6 words
allayingdallyinginlayinglallygaglandladynannying
10 letters1 word
dillydally
12 letters1 word
lallygagging
13 letters1 word
dillydallying

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.

dillydallying +20dallying +15lallygagging +12dillydally +10allaying +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for November 11, 2025 has 47 valid words for a total of 271 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 231 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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