Spelling Bee Answers for Saturday, October 25, 2025

Oct 25, 2025, Saturday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, E, K, L, O, F, T honeycomb (center letter F) feature 51 words, a 197-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 8-letter longest word: FLATFEET, FLATFOOT, FOLKTALE, FOOTFALL.

Spelling Bee hive for October 25, 2025 with center letter F and surrounding letters A,E,K,L,O and T

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Saturday, October 25, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

8/10

Hard

78th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.14

Short words

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

81/100

Very Rare

Rarer than 81% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

49 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

13

Few pairs

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

No

Missing: K

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

20

words to Genius
4×8L7×7L5×6L4×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 138 pts
20 words4×8L7×7L5×6L4×5L

Vowel Split

42%

Balanced mix

110 vowels · 152 consonants

Score Milestones

  • 0%Beginner0 PTS
  • 5%Good Start10 PTS
  • 15%Moving Up30 PTS
  • 25%Good49 PTS
  • 40%Solid79 PTS
  • 50%Nice99 PTS
  • 60%Great118 PTS
  • 65%Amazing128 PTS
  • 70%Genius138 PTS
  • 100%Queen Bee197 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 51 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Saturday, October 25, 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

F
67%
L
12%
A
10%

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Puzzle Letters

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.
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Complete Answers

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8-Letter Words 4 words

7-Letter Words 7 words

6-Letter Words 5 words

5-Letter Words 11 words

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Word Length Distribution

24 words
4L
24
11 words
5L
11
5 words
6L
5
7 words
7L
7
4 words (Pangram)
8L
4

Share of 51 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

F
51 words
100%
L
38 words
75%
A
34 words
67%
E
30 words
59%
T
30 words
59%
O
21 words
41%
K
6 words
12%

Share of 51 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

24 pts
24
4L
55 pts
55
5L
30 pts
30
6L
49 pts
49
7L
39 pts (Pangram)
39
8L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

F
3467%
L
612%
A
510%
T
48%
E
12%
O
12%

Share of 51 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

  • Today’s score of 197 ranks in the 51st percentile among all puzzles.
  • The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-10-22.
  • The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
  • The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
  • With 51 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 72nd percentile overall.
  • The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2025-10-23.
  • 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 Hard puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
  • Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is harder than average.
  • The letter set in this puzzle is considered Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
  • Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2025-10-23.
  • The estimated solve time of 42–56 min is slower than typical puzzles.
  • Players can expect a challenging solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

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

  • afetal
  • afflate
  • aflat
  • alef
  • aleft
  • alfa
  • alfet
  • atef
  • effet
  • efflate
  • faff
  • faffle
  • fakofo
  • fala
  • falk
  • falla
  • fallal
  • feak
  • feal
  • felafel
  • fele
  • fellatee
  • felloe
  • feoff
  • feoffee
  • flakelet
  • flatette
  • flatlet
  • fleak
  • flet
  • floatel
  • flook
  • flot
  • flota
  • flote
  • foalfoot
  • foetal
  • fole
  • foll
  • footfolk
  • footle
  • kafa
  • kafka
  • kafta
  • keef
  • keelfat
  • keffel
  • kloof
  • koff
  • koft
  • kofta
  • leef
  • letoff
  • loaflet
  • loof
  • offlet
  • offtake
  • olaf
  • olof
  • taft
  • toff
  • toft

*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.

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