July 12, 2025, Saturday

Spelling Bee Answers for Saturday, July 12, 2025

Jul 12, 2025, Saturday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, T, L, I, N, U, C honeycomb (center letter C) feature 53 words, a 290-point total, 2 Pangrams (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 9-letter longest word: CLINICIAN, TACTICIAN.

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Spelling Bee hive for July 12, 2025 with center letter C and surrounding letters A,T,L,I,N and U

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Saturday, July 12, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

5/10

Medium

52nd percentile

Avg Word Length

5.77

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

31/100

Uncommon

Rarer than 31% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

44 minutes

Typical solve

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

2×9L3×8L10×7L13×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 203 pts

28 words2×9L3×8L10×7L12×6L1×5L

Vowel Split

41%

Balanced mix

125 vowels · 181 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start15 PTS
15%Moving Up44 PTS
25%Good73 PTS
40%Solid116 PTS
50%Nice145 PTS
60%Great174 PTS
65%Amazing189 PTS
70%Genius203 PTS
100%Queen Bee290 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 53 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Saturday, July 12, 2025. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.

Common openings

42%

21%

13%

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Puzzle Letters

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Word Length Distribution

10 words

14 words

10 words (Pangram)

3 words (Pangram)

2 words

Share of 53 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

53 words

100%

44 words

83%

34 words

64%

31 words

58%

31 words

58%

24 words

45%

13 words

25%

Share of 53 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

10 pts

70 pts

84 pts

77 pts (Pangram)

31 pts (Pangram)

18 pts

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

2242%

1121%

713%

59%

24%

12%

Share of 53 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 290 ranks in the 87th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-07-11.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 53 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 76th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2025-07-11.
The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
This puzzle ranks among the Medium puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is easier than usual.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2025-07-10.
The estimated solve time of 37–51 min is comparable than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a steady solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

acacian
acaciin
acacin
acalculia
acana
acatallactic
acca
acct
acicula
acini
acinic
aclinal
aclinic
aclu
acta
actin
actinal
actinia
actinian
actinic
actinula
actu
alcaic
alcanna
alicant
alicia
allanitic
allicin
altaic
anaclitic
ancilia
ancilla
anicca
anicut
anilic
annicut
antical
anticlinal
anticult
atactic
atlantic
atlantica
attacca
attical
auca
aulic
caca
cacana
cain
cainian
cainitic
calalu
calc
calcic
calcitic
calcutta
caliculi
calicut
calin
callan
callant
callat
calli
calluna
cana
canaan
canaanitic
canaliculi
canaut
canicula
caninal
cann
cantala
cantic
cantil
cantuta
canula
canun
cataian
catalan
catalatic
catalina
catallactic
catlin
catti
catullian
cauli
cauliculi
ccitt
cicala
cicuta
cilician
cill
cincinnal
cincinnati
cincinnatian
cincinni
cinct
cital
clat
claut
clinal
clinia
clint
clit
clitic
cluniac
cnicin
cuca
culla
cuna
cunan
cuniculi
cunit
cunt
cuticula
cutin
ictic
ilicin
illitic
inactinic
inca
incaic
incan
incitant
incl
incult
incut
inunct
italical
laccic
laccin
lacinia
lacinula
lactant
lacticinia
lactucin
lacunal
lantaca
licca
licinian
licuala
lilacin
linac
lucan
lucania
lucia
lucian
luciana
lucina
luctual
lucullan
lucullian
lunatical
nautic
niantic
nici
nictitant
nucin
nuculania
nunc
tacan
tacana
tacanan
tanitic
tannaic
tannaitic
tantalic
tical
ticca
ticul
tinc
tincal
titanical
titanitic
titianic
tucana
tunica
tunicin
unact
unactinic
unactual
unca
unci
uncia
uncial
uncinal
uncinct
uncini
unclinical
unct
uniclinal
unnautical
untinct

*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.