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Spelling Bee Answers for November 27, 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
Pangrams1
Points possible373
Center letterP
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published November 27, 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.

EN
IPT
CD

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
30 pts
Good
56 pts
Solid
94 pts
Nice
150 pts
Great
187 pts
Amazing
262 pts
Genius
318 pts
Queen Bee
373 pts
Total words
66
Pangrams
1
Possible points
373

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
centipede +16 pts

The full word list

All 66 valid Spelling Bee solutions for November 27, 2025, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters13 words
deepepeeepicpeedpeenpeeppendpentpiedpinepintpipetipi
5 letters11 words
ineptpencepennepetitpiecepinedpipedpipetpipittepeetepid
6 letters24 words
deependependdepictdippednippedpectinpeepedpendedpennedpeppedpepticpetitepettedpicnicpiecedpinnedpippinpitiedpittedteepeetenpintiepintippedtippet
7 letters5 words
epiceneninepinpendentpeptidepipette
8 letters5 words
deepeneddependeddepictedpenitentpinniped
9 letters4 words
centipededependentincipientpenitence
10 letters2 words
dependenceincipience
11 letters1 word
independent
12 letters1 word
independence

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.

centipede +16independence +12independent +11dependence +10incipience +10

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for November 27, 2025 has 66 valid words for a total of 373 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 318 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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