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Spelling Bee Answers for November 14, 2025

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

Words39
Pangrams1
Points possible134
Center letterK
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published November 14, 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.

BA
NKL
EO

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
11 pts
Good
21 pts
Solid
34 pts
Nice
54 pts
Great
67 pts
Amazing
94 pts
Genius
114 pts
Queen Bee
134 pts
Total words
39
Pangrams
1
Possible points
134

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 1 pangram
anklebone +16 pts

The full word list

All 39 valid Spelling Bee solutions for November 14, 2025, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

Tap to reveal the full word list
4 letters21 words
bakebalkbankbeakbonkbookkalekeelkeenkenokneeknobkoankolakooklakelankleakleeklooknook
5 letters12 words
anklebabkablankbleakblokekabobkebabkneelknellknollkoalaoaken
6 letters1 word
kennel
7 letters1 word
nankeen
8 letters3 words
bankablebookablelookbook
9 letters1 word
anklebone

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.

anklebone +16bankable +8bookable +8lookbook +8nankeen +7

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for November 14, 2025 has 39 valid words for a total of 134 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 114 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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